Mark 15:45

45 When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph.

Mark 15:45 in Other Translations

45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

45 And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

45 The officer confirmed that Jesus was dead, so Pilate told Joseph he could have the body.

45 Assured by the captain, he gave Joseph the corpse.

45 When he found out from the centurion, he gave the corpse to Joseph.

Mark 15:45 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:45

And when he knew it of the centurion
Who might inform him of his giving up the ghost after he had cried with a loud voice, which so much affected him; and how he was found to be really dead when they came to break the legs of the malefactors; and how that one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, from whence flowed blood and water; so that there was no room to doubt of his being really dead; with which Pilate being satisfied,

he gave the body to Joseph;
ordered it to be given to him; gave him leave to take it down from the cross, and inter it.

Mark 15:45 In-Context

43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.

44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.

45 When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph.

46 So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.

Cross References

• 1. ver 39