Mark 15:44

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

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  • John 19:31-37 : 31 Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 So the men of the army came, and the legs of the first were broken and then of the other who was put to death on the cross with Jesus: 33 But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead by this time, and so his legs were not broken; 34 But one of the men made a wound in his side with a spear, and straight away there came out blood and water. 35 And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief. 36 These things came about so that the Writings might be true, No bone of his body will be broken. 37 And again another verse says, They will see him who was wounded by their spears.

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  • Mark 15:45-46
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    45And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.

    46And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

  • Mark 15:42-43
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    42And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

    43There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

  • Mark 15:4-5
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    4And Pilate again put a question, Do you say nothing in answer? see how much evil they say you have done.

    5But Jesus gave no more answers, so that Pilate was full of wonder.

  • Mark 15:36-39
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    36And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.

    37And Jesus gave a loud cry, and gave up his spirit.

    38And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.

    39And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.

  • Matt 27:58-59
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    58This 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.

    59And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen,

  • Acts 13:28-30
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    28And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to death.

    29And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

    30But God gave him back from the dead:

  • John 19:38
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    38After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.

  • Luke 23:51-53
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    51(He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God:

    52This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus.

    53And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

  • Luke 23:46-47
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    46And Jesus gave a loud cry and said, Father, into your hands I give my spirit: and when he had said this, he gave up his spirit.

    47And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise to God, saying, Without doubt this was an upright man.

  • Matt 27:54
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    54Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.

  • Matt 27:14
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    14And he gave him no answer, not even a word: so that the ruler was greatly surprised.

  • Mark 15:12-14
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    12And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?

    13And they said again loudly, To the cross with him!

    14And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But their cry was the louder, To the cross!

  • John 18:32-33
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    32(That the word of Jesus might come true, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

    33Then Pilate went back into the Praetorium and sent for Jesus and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?

  • John 11:17
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    17Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.

  • Mark 15:2
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    2And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.

  • John 19:31-33
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    31Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

    32So the men of the army came, and the legs of the first were broken and then of the other who was put to death on the cross with Jesus:

    33But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead by this time, and so his legs were not broken;

  • Luke 24:20
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    20And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross.

  • Mark 15:9
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    9And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

  • John 19:8
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    8When this saying came to Pilate's ears his fear became greater;

  • Mark 15:32
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    32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

  • Mark 15:25
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    25And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.

  • Mark 15:16
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    16And the men of the army took him away into the square in front of the building which is the Praetorium, and they got together all the band.

  • Matt 28:4
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    4And for fear of him the watchmen were shaking, and became as dead men.

  • Matt 27:49
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    49And the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah will come to his help.

  • John 18:35
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    35Pilate said, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests have given you into my hands: what have you done?

  • John 19:14
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    14(It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!

  • John 19:41
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    41Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.

  • Luke 23:6
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    6But at these words Pilate said, Is the man a Galilaean?

  • John 19:20
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    20The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

  • Matt 27:22
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    22Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.

  • Matt 27:64
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    64Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

  • Matt 27:62
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    62Now on the day after the getting ready of the Passover, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,

  • John 11:39
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    39Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.