Mark 15 · Verse 45

Mark 15:45

And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
Mark 15:45, King James Version

Mark 15:45 in other translations

BSBWhen Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
WEBWhen he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
ASVAnd when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
YLTand having known it from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
DARBYAnd when he knew from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
BBEAnd when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.
WebsterAnd when he knew it from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

What does Mark 15:45 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 45. When he knew it of the centurion. Being informed by the centurion of the fact that he was dead. The centurion had charge of the soldiers who watched him, and could therefore give correct information.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 15:42-47

We are here attending the burial of our Lord Jesus. Oh that we may by grace be planted in the likeness of it! Joseph of Arimathea was one who waited for the kingdom of God. Those who hope for a share in its privileges, must own Christ's cause, when it seems to be crushed. This man God raised up for his service. There was a special providence, that Pilate should be so strict in his inquiry, that there might be no…

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Mark 15:45 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
γνοὺςgnoushaving known [it]G1097
ἀπὸapofromG575
τοῦtoutheG3588
κεντυρίωνοςkenturiōnoscenturionG2760
ἐδωρήσατοedōrēsatoHe grantedG1433
τὸtotheG3588
πτῶμαptōmabodyG4430
τῷtō<the>G3588
Ἰωσήφ.Iōsēphto Joseph.G2501

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 15:45

  • John 19:38

    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.

  • Mark 15:39

    And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

  • Matthew 27:58

    He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he gave.
Mt 27:58; Joh 19:38

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Mark 15:44

    And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

  • Mark 15:45

    And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

  • Mark 15:46

    And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

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Mark 15:45 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y enterado del centurión, dió el cuerpo á José:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ayant appris du centurion, il donna le corps à Joseph.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und als er es von dem Hauptmann erfuhr, schenkte er dem Joseph den Leib.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et cum cognovisset a centurione, donavit corpus Joseph.