Luke 23:52
This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
Luke 23:52 in other translations
| BSB | He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus. |
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| WEB | This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. |
| ASV | this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. |
| YLT | he, having gone near to Pilate, asked the body of Jesus, |
| DARBY | — he having gone to Pilate begged the body of Jesus; |
| BBE | This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus. |
| Webster | This man went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. |
What does Luke 23:52 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 23:50-56
Many, though they do not make any show in outward profession, yet, like Joseph of Arimathea, will be far more ready to do real service, when there is occasion, than others who make a greater noise. Christ was buried in haste, because the sabbath drew on. Weeping must not hinder sowing. Though they were in tears for the death of their Lord, yet they must prepare to keep holy the sabbath. When the sabbath draws on…
Luke 23:52 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 23:52
- John 19:38-42
And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. …
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Context
- Luke 23:51
(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
- Luke 23:52
This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
- Luke 23:53
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
Luke 23:52 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Este llegó á Pilato, y pidió el cuerpo de Jesús. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | celui-ci, étant venu à Pilate, lui demanda le corps de Jésus. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | dieser ging hin zu Pilatus und bat um den Leib Jesu. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | hic accessit ad Pilatum et petiit corpus Jesu: |