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Mark 15:45

What does Mark 15:45 mean?

A plain-English look at Mark 15:45 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Mark 15:45 means

After consulting the centurion and hearing the confirmation of death, Pilate grants Joseph the corpse. This official permission allows Joseph to proceed with burial rites. Pilate’s grant shows that Jesus’ death is recognized by civil authorities and enables a respectful interment despite the earlier mocking and condemnation. The official release underscores the historical reality of the burial and provides credibility to the account: Jesus was indeed dead and buried by a named, honorable person with permission from the governor.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and having known <FI>it<Fi> from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And when he knew from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

Context

This immediately follows Pilate’s inquiry of the centurion. The granting of the corpse resolves the procedural moment and enables Joseph’s burial actions. The event shifts the narrative from execution to burial, setting up the details of Joseph’s preparation of the body, the tomb, and the women’s observance.

v.44And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

v.45This passage

v.46And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Mark 15:39

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

  • Matthew 27:58

    this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.

  • John 19:38

    And after these things Joseph of Arimathæa, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took away his body.

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