58 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.
58 He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. Pilate granted his request.
58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him.
58 went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. And Pilate issued an order to release it to him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 27:58
Commentary on Matthew 27:57-61
(Read Matthew 27:57-61)
In the burial of Christ was nothing of pomp or solemnity. As Christ had not a house of his own, wherein to lay his head, while he lived, so he had not a grave of his own, wherein to lay his body, when he was dead. Our Lord Jesus, who had no sin of his own, had no grave of his own. The Jews designed that he should have made his grave with the wicked, should have been buried with the thieves with whom he was crucified, but God overruled it, so that he should make it with the rich in his death, Isaiah 53:9. And although to the eye of man the beholding a funeral may cause terror, yet if we remember how Christ by his burial has changed the nature of the grave to believers, it should make us rejoice. And we are ever to imitate Christ's burial in being continually occupied in the spiritual burial of our sins.