Mark 15:44
Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.
Cross References
Matthew 8:10
When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, "Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

Mark 15:43
Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

Mark 15:45
When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.


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


John 19:31-37
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away…


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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