A moment in scripture
Mark 15:43
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Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
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The surrounding passage
- Mark 15:41
(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
- Mark 15:42
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
- Mark 15:44
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
- Mark 15:45
And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.