If he were already dead (ε ηδη τεθνηκεν). Perfect active indicative with ε after a verb of wondering, a classical idiom, a kind of…

And Pilate wondered if, etc. Wondered if he was dead, or wondered that he was so soon dead. It was not common for persons crucified to exp…

And Pilate marvelled.—The wonder of Pilate, and his calling the centurion (the definite article indicates he is the same …

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 …

Glossa Ordinaria: After Christ's Passion and Death, the Evangelist relates His burial, saying, And now when evening had co…

Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus had already died . Only after he received confirmation of Jesus’ death from the centurion was he willing to…

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead
For death, by crucifixion, was a slow lingering death; persons that wer…

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 waite…