Matthew 27 · Verse 58

Matthew 27:58

He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
Matthew 27:58, King James Version

Matthew 27:58 in other translations

BSBHe went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
WEBThis man went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
ASVthis man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.
YLThe having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.
DARBYHe, going to Pilate, begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
BBEThis 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.
WebsterHe went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

What does Matthew 27:58 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 58. He went to Pilate. Because no one had a right to remove the body but the magistrate, he was condemned to be crucified--usually a long and most bitter death; and, in common cases, it would have been unlawful to have removed the body so soon.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 58 Begged the body - That he might bury it honorably otherwise, by the Jewish customs, he would have either been burned, or buried in the common place appointed for executed criminals.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 27:57-61

In the burial of Christ was nothing of pomp or solemnity. As Christ had not a house of his own, wherein to lay his head, while he lived, so he had not a grave of his own, wherein to lay his body, when he was dead. Our Lord Jesus, who had no sin of his own, had no grave of his own. The Jews designed that he should have made his grave with the wicked, should have been buried with the thieves with whom he was…

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Matthew 27:58 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.

οὗτοςhoutosHeG3778
προσελθὼνproselthōnhaving goneG4334
τῷtō<the>G3588
ΠιλάτῳPilatōto PilateG4091
ᾐτήσατοētēsatoasked forG154
τὸtotheG3588
σῶμαsōmabodyG4983
τοῦtou<the>G3588
Ἰησοῦ.Iēsouof Jesus.G2424
τότεtoteThenG5119
ὁho<the>G3588
ΠιλᾶτοςPilatosPilateG4091
ἐκέλευσενekeleusencommanded itG2753
ἀποδοθῆναιapodothēnaito be given upG591

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

Cross references for Matthew 27:58

  • Mark 15:44-46

    And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 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.

  • Luke 23:52-53

    This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mr 15:44-46; Lu 23:52,53

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

Context

  • Matthew 27:57

    When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:

  • Matthew 27:58

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

  • Matthew 27:59

    And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

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Matthew 27:58 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Este llegó á Pilato, y pidió el cuerpo de Jesús: entonces Pilato mandó que se le diese el cuerpo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Celui-ci étant allé auprès de Pilate, demanda le corps de Jésus; alors Pilate donna l’ordre que le corps soit livré.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dieser ging hin zu Pilatus und bat um den Leib Jesu. Da befahl Pilatus, daß ihm der Leib übergeben würde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		hic accessit ad Pilatum, et petiit corpus Jesu. Tunc Pilatus jussit reddi corpus.