Luke 23:52

52 he went vnto Pilate and begged the boddy of Iesus

Luke 23:52 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:52

This man went unto Pilate,
&C.] Mark says, he went "boldly" to him; (See Gill on Mark 15:43).

and begged the body of Jesus;
knowing he was dead; that he might bury it, as the Ethiopic version adds, and prevent its being inferred with the two malefactors, or abused by the mob.

Luke 23:52 In-Context

50 And beholde ther was a man named Ioseph a councelloure and was a good man and a iuste

51 and dyd not consent to the counsell and dede of them which was of Aramathia a cite of the Iewes: which same also wayted for ye kyngdome of God:

52 he went vnto Pilate and begged the boddy of Iesus

53 and toke it doune and wrapped it in a lynnen clooth and layed it in an hewen toumbe wherin was never man before layed.

54 And that daye was ye Saboth even and the Saboth drue on.