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Mark 15:43 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.”

Mark 15:43

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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.

42

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

43

Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

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.

45

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

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