Mark 15:46 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 15:42-47

We are here attending the funeral of our Lord Jesus, a solemn, mournful funeral. O that we may by grace be planted in the likeness of it! Observe, I. How the body of Christ was begged. It was, as the dead bodies of malefactors are, at the disposal of the government. Those that hurried him to the cross, designed that he should make his grave with the wicked; but God designed he should make it with the rich (Isa. 53:9), and so he did. We are here told, 1. When the body of Christ was begged, in... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 15:42-47

15:42-47 When it was now evening, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathaea, a respected member of the council, and a man who was himself waiting for the Kingdom of God, ventured to go to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate was amazed that he was already dead. He summoned the centurion, and asked if he had been long dead. And when he had learned the facts from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. And Joseph bought fine... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:46

And he bought fine linen ,.... That is, Joseph, as is expressed in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions; which, when he had done, as is highly probable, in the city of Jerusalem, he went to Mount Calvary, and took him down ; took the body of Christ down from the cross; though, no doubt, with the assistance of others, or by others, and not he himself, at least not alone: and wrapped him in the linen ; wound him up in it, as was the manner of the Jews; See Gill on Matthew... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:40-47

The burial. I. FAITH THRIVES IN SORROW . Remoter disciples draw near, and secret disciples come forth, in the hour of humiliation and defeat. The sun sets, but not their hope; and the stars rise, but their faith is earlier up. II. LOVE SURVIVES ALL LOSS . Its burning ray, like that of a hidden gem, flashes out in the gloom. The nobleness of Christ had taught them to master selfishness and despair. His form was enshrined in the "amber of memory." They who had been all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:42-47

The burial of Christ. The reality of the death of our Lord Jesus has been questioned, at various times and upon various grounds. Some have denied the possibility of a resurrection from the dead, and have absurdly supposed that Jesus only fainted or swooned, and that his recovery from a swoon was reputed among his followers to be a resurrection. Against all such unreasonable and incredible assumptions the record of the evangelists, who relate his burial, and that in the most minute and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:42-47

The burial of the Crucified. I. PROVIDED FOR BY GOD . There are several striking proofs of providential arrangement in the burying of the Savior. He never stipulated as to where or how he should be buried; his mind was too much occupied as to how he should die. Yet were great things to turn upon the manner, the time, and the place of his burial. He whose angels hid the grave of Moses, was equally careful to make known the place where his Son lay. The sepulcher was new, and in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:42-47

The entombment. The sabbath hurried on—the day of rest. Joseph of Arimathaea, " a councillor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God," begged permission of Pilate to have the body of Jesus for interment. Pilate, being satisfied of the death of Jesus, "granted the corpse to Joseph." Then with tender hands he wrapped the body in a linen cloth and laid it in a tomb; "and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb." Now the work is complete. The human... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:42-47

Parallel passages: Matthew 27:57-61 ; Luke 23:50-56 .— The burial. I. SECRET DISCIPLES . Among secret disciples of our Lord were Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus. The residence of the former was Ramah, or Ramathaim, the name signifying a hill; while some identify it with Ramleh in Dan, others with Ramathaim in Ephraim, and others, again, with Ramah in Benjamin. But the character of the man is of much more importance to us than his place of abode. Accordingly, one evangelist... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:46

And he bought a linen cloth ( σινδόνα ). This was a fine linen garment, or shroud, something like that in which the young man fled the night before. And taking him down ( καθελὼν αὐτὸν ). It appears from these words that Joseph himself, assisted probably by Nicodemus and others, actually took the body of our Lord down from the cross. wrapped the sindon round him, and laid him in his own new tomb, which had been hewn out of the rock. The word rendered "tomb" is μνημεῖον , as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 15:45-47

Mark 15:45-47. And he gave the body to Joseph Pilate gave Joseph leave to take down the body, and do with it what he pleased, the priests either not knowing that he was disposed to make such a grant, or being so influenced that they did not oppose his making it. And he bought fine linen Thus showing in what great estimation he held Jesus; and took him down Mangled and macerated as his body was; and wrapped it in the linen As a treasure of great worth; and laid it in a sepulchre To... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 15:42-47

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 15:42-47

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:46

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:40-47

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:42-47

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:42-47

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:42-47

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:42-47

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:46

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 15:45-47

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