And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
And when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
and having known it from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
And when he knew from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
Mark — The Gospel of the servant in motion. The narrative hinges at Peter's confession (8:27). Before: the Servant revealed. After: the Servant suffers.
Voices4
And when he knew it of the centurion,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
It goes on: And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead. For he thought that He should continue long alive upon the cross, as also the thieves used to live long, upon the instrument of their execution. It goes on: And calling unto him the centurion, he asked him if he had been any while dead; that is, before the time when other executed persons usually died. There follows: And when he knew it of the centurion, (that is, that He was dead,) he gave the body to Joseph.
Theophylact of Ohrid· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 1107patristic
When he knew it of the centurion - Being informed by the centurion of the fact that he was dead. The centurion had charge of the soldiers who watched him, and could therefore give correct information.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
He was to be the great sacrifice, and sacrifices must be bound with cords, Ps. cxviii. Christ was bound, to make bonds easy to us, and enable us, as Paul and Silas, to sing in bonds. It is good for us often to remember the bonds of the Lord Jesus, as bound with him who was bound for us.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The verses this one reaches4
When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
When the centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how He had breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Mark 15:39When the centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how He had breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
leads to
When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,
Through
John 19:38Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came…
leads to
Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.
Through
Matthew 27:58He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
leads to
Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
