Matthew 27:58
56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.
57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:
He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
- KJV
- He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
- WEB
- This man went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
- ASV
- this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.
- DARBY
- *He*, going to Pilate, begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
- BLB
- Having gone to Pilate, he asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.
- ÅB
- han gikk til Pilatus og ba om Jesu legeme. Da befalte Pilatus at det skulle gis ham.
- OTB
- Han gikk til Pilatus og ba om Jesu kropp, og Pilatus beordret at den skulle gis til ham.
- B1930
- han gikk til Pilatus og bad om Jesu legeme. Da bød Pilatus at det skulde gis ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 15:44–46
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
Read in contextLuke 23:52–53
This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
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