Mark 15:43-46

Jesus Is Buried

43 Joseph of Arimathea, m a respected member of the Council, who n was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died. 1 And summoning o the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. 45 And when he learned from o the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. 46 And Joseph 2 bought p a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and q laid him in a tomb r that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled s a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

  1. Cross References
    Acts 13:50
    But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
    Acts 17:12
    Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men.
  2. Cross References
    Luke 2:25
    Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
    Luke 2:38
    And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
  3. Cross References
    Mark 15:39
    And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!
  4. Cross References
    Mark 15:44
    Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died. And summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.
  5. Cross References
    Mark 14:51
    And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 53:9
    And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:16
    What have you to do here, and whom have you here, that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock?
  8. Cross References
    Mark 16:4
    And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back - it was very large.
    John 11:38
    Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
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