Mar 15:40-47 - Commentary

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Text -- Mark 15:40-47 (NET)

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15:40 There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. 15:41 When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were there too.

Jesus’ Burial

15:42 Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath), 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 15:44 Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time. 15:45 When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 15:46 After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb. 15:47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Arimathea a city located 9 km. north of Jerusalem where Samuel lived

· Galilee the region of Palestine north of Sameria and west of the upper Jordan River,a region west of Lake Galilee and north of the Jezreel Valley

· James a son of Zebedee; brother of John; an apostle,a son of Alpheus; an apostle,a brother of Jesus; writer of the epistle of James,the father (or brother) of the apostle Judas

· Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin

· Joseph the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah

· Joses a son of Mary and brother of James and Jesus

· Magdalene a person (woman) from Magdala

· Mary mother of Jesus and wife of Joseph,a woman from Magdala in Galilee,the mother of James and Joses,the wife of Cleophas,the sister of Lazarus and Martha in Bethany,the mother of John Mark who was a nephew of Barnabas,a Christian woman in Rome who helped Paul

· Pilate the Roman governor of Judea who allowed Jesus to be crucified

· Salome the wife of Zebedee; the mother of James and John

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NET Notes: Mar 15:40 In Matt 27:56 the name Joses is written as Joseph.

NET Notes: Mar 15:41 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

NET Notes: Mar 15:42 The day of preparation was the day before the Sabbath when everything had to be prepared for it, as no work could be done on the Sabbath.

NET Notes: Mar 15:43 Asking for the body of Jesus was indeed a bold move on the part of Joseph of Arimathea, for it clearly and openly identified him with a man who had ju...

NET Notes: Mar 15:44 Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

NET Notes: Mar 15:45 See the note on the word centurion in 15:39.

NET Notes: Mar 15:46 Or “to the door,” “against the door.”

NET Notes: Mar 15:47 Grk “it”; the referent (Jesus’ body) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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