Matthew Chapter 27 verse 58 Holy Bible
this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.
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This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him.
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*He*, going to Pilate, begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
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He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
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This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
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he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 58. - He went to Pilate. St. Mark says, "came and went in boldly unto Pilate." He had hitherto been a disciple of Christ, "secretly for fear of the Jews" (John 19:38); now that Christ was dead, and his death accompanied with such manifest wonders, according absolutely with ancient prophecy, and fulfilling Christ's own predictions, he hesitated no longer, he openly professed his partisanship, and threw in his lot with the Crucified. If from expediency or pusillanimity he had refrained from taking a prominent position as a favourer of this wonderful Teacher, he had lately learned a new lesson, and hailed the opportunity of publicly honouring him deceased whom in his heart he had loved and reverenced while alive. So he went to the Praetorium to see the procurator, whose sanction was required for removing the body of a criminal from the cross. It was probably after the deputation of the Jews to Pilate, mentioned by St. John (John 19:31), that Joseph had his interview. Begged the body of Jesus. It was not unusual for friends to obtain leave to pay the last rites and to give decent sepulture in such cases; otherwise the corpses were thrown carelessly into nameless graves, if they were not left to rot on the cross. The indignities which Christ had suffered during life now began to be reversed. Commanded the body to be delivered. Pilate first, we are told, sent for the officer in charge of the execution, and finding from him that Jesus was really dead, granted Joseph's request. Perhaps he desired at the same time to flout the chief priests, and likewise to make some slight reparation to the innocent Victim of his policy.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(58) He went to Pilate.--Assuming the death of our Lord to have been soon after the ninth hour (3 P.M.), Joseph would seem to have hastened at once to the Praetorium, and asked Pilate's permission to inter the body. St. Mark records Pilate's wonder that death should have come so soon (Mark 15:44). In his compliance with the petition we trace, as before, a lingering reverence and admiration. As far as he can, he will help the friends and not the foes of the righteous Sufferer.