Granted the corpse (εδωρησατο το πτωμα). This official information was necessary before the burial. As a matter of fact Pilate was…

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 w…

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 when he knew it of the centurion
Who might inform him of his giving up the ghost after he had cried with a loud …

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…