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Mark 15:43

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Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.

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Mark 15:43 in other translations

there came Joseph of Arimathæa, a councillor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

Mark 15:43 · American Standard Version

Mark 15:43 in context

  1. 41who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
  2. 42When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
  3. 43Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.
  4. 44Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
  5. 45When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.