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 15:44 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
- DARBYDarby
- And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and having called to him the centurion, he inquired of him if he had long died.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- And Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and having called near the centurion, did question him if he were long dead,
- BPVBiblePics Version
- Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.
Context: Mark 15
42And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
43Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counseller, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
44And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
45And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
46And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
About Mark 15: Jesus Before Pilate and Crucifixion
Jesus is crucified and buried, and on the third day He rises from the dead.
Commentary
Mark 15 is the account of Jesus' crucifixion. It begins with the Roman governor, Pilate, reluctantly handing Jesus over to be crucified. Pilate had tried to release Jesus, but the Jewish leaders insisted on his death. The soldiers then mocked and tortured Jesus before leading him away to be crucified.