Luke 23:52

52 hic accessit ad Pilatum et petiit corpus Iesu

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 et ecce vir nomine Ioseph qui erat decurio vir bonus et iustus

51 hic non consenserat consilio et actibus eorum ab Arimathia civitate Iudaeae qui expectabat et ipse regnum Dei

52 hic accessit ad Pilatum et petiit corpus Iesu

53 et depositum involvit sindone et posuit eum in monumento exciso in quo nondum quisquam positus fuerat

54 et dies erat parasceves et sabbatum inlucescebat