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Barnes' Notes
When he knew it of the centurion - Being informed by the centurion of the fact that he was dead. The centurion had charge of the soldiers who watched him, and could therefore give correct information.
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
he gave the body to Joseph The word translated "gave" only occurs in the New Testament here and in 2Pe 1:3-4; "according as his divine power hath givenunto us all things that pertain unto life and…