Matthew 27:58

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

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  • Mark 15:44-46 : 44 Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time. 45 When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.
  • Luke 23:52-53 : 52 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.

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  • Luke 23:51-55
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    51(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

    52He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

    53Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.

    54It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning.

    55The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

  • John 19:38-42
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    38Jesus’ Burial After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus(but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.

    39Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds.

    40Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs.

    41Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.

    42And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.

  • Mark 15:42-47
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    42Jesus’ Burial Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation(that is, the day before the Sabbath),

    43Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

    44Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time.

    45When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

    46After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.

    47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.

  • Matt 27:59-60
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    59Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

    60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.

  • Matt 27:57
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    57Jesus’ Burial Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

  • Matt 14:12
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    12Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.

  • Mark 6:29
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    29When John’s disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

  • Matt 27:62-64
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    62The Guard at the Tomb The next day(which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate

    63and said,“Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said,‘After three days I will rise again.’

    64So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people,‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

  • John 19:31
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    31Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath(for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims’ legs broken and the bodies taken down.

  • Acts 13:28-30
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    28Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

    29When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.

    30But God raised him from the dead,

  • Matt 27:2
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    2They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

  • John 19:16
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    16Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.The CrucifixionSo they took Jesus,

  • Matt 27:17
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    17So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them,“Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?”

  • Matt 27:26-27
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    26Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

    27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.

  • Matt 27:49-50
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    49But the rest said,“Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to save him.”

    50Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.

  • Luke 23:24-25
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    24So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.

    25He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

  • John 20:15
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    15Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him,“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.”

  • Mark 15:1
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    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

  • Luke 23:46
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    46Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said,“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And after he said this he breathed his last.

  • John 18:29
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    29So Pilate came outside to them and said,“What accusation do you bring against this man?”

  • Matt 28:13
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    13telling them,“You are to say,‘His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.’

  • Mark 15:37
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    37But Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last.

  • John 11:44
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    44The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them,“Unwrap him and let him go.”

  • John 11:34
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    34He asked,“Where have you laid him?” They replied,“Lord, come and see.”

  • Matt 27:20
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    20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

  • Mark 15:15
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    15Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

  • John 11:17
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    17Speaking with Martha and Mary When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.

  • Matt 27:22
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    22Pilate said to them,“Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said,“Crucify him!”

  • Mark 16:6
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    6But he said to them,“Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.