44Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.


In Context

41 In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.

42 It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached,

43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body.

44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.

45 When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph.

46 So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

Mark 15:44 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:44And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling [unto him] the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:44And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:44But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:44And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and having called to him the centurion, he inquired of him if he had long died.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:44And Pilate marveled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:44And Pilate wondered if he was already dead: and calling the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:44Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:44And Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and having called near the centurion, did question him if he were long dead,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:44And Pilate marveled if he were already dead: and calling to him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.