58He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
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This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. …
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 57-66)We have here an account of Christ’s burial, and the manner and circumstances of it, concerning which observe, 1. The kindness and good will of his friends that laid him in the grave. 2. The malice and ill will of his enemies that were very solicitous to keep him there. I. His friends gave him a decent burial. Observe, 1. In general, that Jesus Christ was buried; when his precious soul was gone to…
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