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Joh 19:38 Strong Concordance And [1161] after [3326] this [5023] Joseph [2501] of [575] Arimathaea [707], being [5607] a disciple [3101] of Jesus [2424], but [1161] secretly [2928] for [1223] fear [5401] of the Jews [2453], besought [2065] Pilate [4091] that [2443] he might take away [142] the body [4983] of Jesus [2424]: and [2532] Pilate [4091] gave him leave [2010]. He came [2064] therefore [3767], and [2532] took [142] the body [4983] of Jesus [2424].
  King James And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Joseph of Arimathea--"a rich man" (Mat 27:57), thus fulfilling Isa 53:9; "an honorable counsellor," a member of the Sanhedrim, and of good condition, "which also waited for the kingdom of God" (Mar 15:43), a devout expectant of Messiah's kingdom; "a good man and a just, the same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them" (Luk 23:50-51 --he had gone the length, perhaps, of dissenting and protesting in open council against the condemnation of our Lord); "who also himself was Jesus' disciple," (Mat 27:57).

being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews--"He went in boldly unto Pilate" (Mar 15:43) --literally, "having taken courage went in," or "had the boldness to go in." Mark alone, as his manner is, notices the boldness which this required. The act would without doubt identify him for the first time with the disciples of Christ. Marvellous it certainly is, that one who while Jesus was yet alive merely refrained from condemning Him, not having the courage to espouse His cause by one positive act, should, now that He was dead, and His cause apparently dead with Him, summon up courage to go in personally to the Roman governor and ask permission to take down and inter the body. But if this be the first instance, it is not the last, that a seemingly dead Christ has wakened a sympathy which a living one had failed to evoke. The heroism of faith is usually kindled by desperate circumstances, and is not seldom displayed by those who before were the most timid, and scarce known as disciples at all. "And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead" (Mar 15:44) --rather "wondered that he was already dead." "And calling the centurion, he asked him whether He had been any while dead" (Mar 15:44) --Pilate could hardly credit what Joseph had told him, that He had been dead "some time," and, before giving up the body to His friends, would learn how the fact stood from the centurion, whose business it was to oversee the execution. "And when he knew it of the centurion" (Mar 15:45), that it was as Joseph had said, "he gave"--rather "made a gift of"--"the body to Joseph"; struck, possibly, with the rank of the petitioner and the dignified boldness of the petition, in contrast with the spirit of the other party and the low rank to which he had been led to believe all the followers of Christ belonged. Nor would he be unwilling to Show that he was not going to carry this black affair any farther. But, whatever were Pilate's motives, two most blessed objects were thus secured: (1) The reality of our Lords death was attested by the party of all others most competent to decide on it, and certainly free from all bias--the officer in attendance--in full reliance on whose testimony Pilate surrendered the body: (2) The dead Redeemer, thus delivered out of the hands of His enemies, and committed by the supreme political authority to the care of His friends, was thereby protected from all further indignities; a thing most befitting indeed, now that His work was done, but impossible, so far as we can see, if His enemies had been at liberty to do with Him as they pleased. How wonderful are even the minutest features of this matchless History!
 
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45 And [2532] when he knew [1097] it of [575] the centurion [2760], he gave [1433] the body [4983] to Joseph [2501].
44 And [1161] Pilate [4091] marvelled [2296] if [1487] he were [2348] already [2235] dead [2348]: and [2532] calling [4341] unto him the centurion [2760], he asked [1905] him [846] whether [1487] he had been [599] any while [3819] dead [599].
44 And [1161] Pilate [4091] marvelled [2296] if [1487] he were [2348] already [2235] dead [2348]: and [2532] calling [4341] unto him the centurion [2760], he asked [1905] him [846] whether [1487] he had been [599] any while [3819] dead [599].
43 Joseph [2501] of [575] Arimathaea [707], an honourable [2158] counsellor [1010], which [3739] also [2532] [846] waited [4327] for [2258] the kingdom [932] of God [2316], came [2064], and went in [1525] boldly [5111] unto [4314] Pilate [4091], and [2532] craved [154] the body [4983] of Jesus [2424].
57 When [1161] the even [3798] was come [1096], there came [2064] a rich [4145] man [444] of [575] Arimathaea [707], named [5122] Joseph [2501], who [3739] also [2532] himself [846] was [3100] Jesus [2424]' disciple [3100]:
50 And [2532], behold [2400], there was a man [435] named [3686] Joseph [2501], a counsellor [1010]; and he was a good [5225] [18] man [435], and [2532] a just [1342]:
51 (The same [3778] had [4784] not [3756] consented [4784] [2258] to the counsel [1012] and [2532] deed [4234] of them [846];) he was of [575] Arimathaea [707], a city [4172] of the Jews [2453]: [2532] who [3739] also [2532] himself [846] waited for [4327] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].
43 Joseph [2501] of [575] Arimathaea [707], an honourable [2158] counsellor [1010], which [3739] also [2532] [846] waited [4327] for [2258] the kingdom [932] of God [2316], came [2064], and went in [1525] boldly [5111] unto [4314] Pilate [4091], and [2532] craved [154] the body [4983] of Jesus [2424].
9 And he made [05414] his grave [06913] with the wicked [07563], and with the rich [06223] in his death [04194]; because he had done [06213] no violence [02555], neither was any deceit [04820] in his mouth [06310].
57 When [1161] the even [3798] was come [1096], there came [2064] a rich [4145] man [444] of [575] Arimathaea [707], named [5122] Joseph [2501], who [3739] also [2532] himself [846] was [3100] Jesus [2424]' disciple [3100]:
57 When [1161] the even [3798] was come [1096], there came [2064] a rich [4145] man [444] of [575] Arimathaea [707], named [5122] Joseph [2501], who [3739] also [2532] himself [846] was [3100] Jesus [2424]' disciple [3100]:
58 He [3778] went [4334] to Pilate [4091], and begged [154] the body [4983] of Jesus [2424]. Then [5119] Pilate [4091] commanded [2753] the body [4983] to be delivered [591].
59 And [2532] when Joseph [2501] had taken [2983] the body [4983], he wrapped [1794] it [846] in a clean [2513] linen cloth [4616],
60 And [2532] laid [5087] it [846] in [1722] his own [846] new [2537] tomb [3419], which [3739] he had hewn out [2998] in [1722] the rock [4073]: and [2532] he rolled [4351] a great [3173] stone [3037] to the door [2374] of the sepulchre [3419], and departed [565].
61 And [1161] there [1563] was [2258] Mary [3137] Magdalene [3094], and [2532] the other [243] Mary [3137], sitting [2521] over against [561] the sepulchre [5028].
2 And [1161] devout [2126] men [435] carried [4792] Stephen [4736] to his burial, and [2532] made [4160] great [3173] lamentation [2870] over [1909] him [846].
12 And [2532] his [846] disciples [3101] came [4334], and took up [142] the body [4983], and [2532] buried [2290] it [846], and [2532] went [2064] and told [518] Jesus [2424].
23 And [2532] in [1722] that [1565] day [2250] ye shall [3756] ask [2065] me [1691] nothing [3762]. Verily [281], verily [281], I say [3004] unto you [5213], [3754] Whatsoever [3745] [302] ye shall ask [154] the Father [3962] in [1722] my [3450] name [3686], he will give [1325] it you [5213].
22 But [235] I know [1492], that even [2532] now [3568], whatsoever [3754] [3745] [302] thou wilt ask [154] of God [2316], God [2316] will give [1325] it thee [4671].
43 Joseph [2501] of [575] Arimathaea [707], an honourable [2158] counsellor [1010], which [3739] also [2532] [846] waited [4327] for [2258] the kingdom [932] of God [2316], came [2064], and went in [1525] boldly [5111] unto [4314] Pilate [4091], and [2532] craved [154] the body [4983] of Jesus [2424].
42 And [2532] now [2235] when the even [3798] was come [1096], because [1893] it was [2258] the preparation [3904], that [3603] is [2076], the day before the sabbath [4315],
57 When [1161] the even [3798] was come [1096], there came [2064] a rich [4145] man [444] of [575] Arimathaea [707], named [5122] Joseph [2501], who [3739] also [2532] himself [846] was [3100] Jesus [2424]' disciple [3100]:
58 He [3778] went [4334] to Pilate [4091], and begged [154] the body [4983] of Jesus [2424]. Then [5119] Pilate [4091] commanded [2753] the body [4983] to be delivered [591].
59 And [2532] when Joseph [2501] had taken [2983] the body [4983], he wrapped [1794] it [846] in a clean [2513] linen cloth [4616],
60 And [2532] laid [5087] it [846] in [1722] his own [846] new [2537] tomb [3419], which [3739] he had hewn out [2998] in [1722] the rock [4073]: and [2532] he rolled [4351] a great [3173] stone [3037] to the door [2374] of the sepulchre [3419], and departed [565].