⁴⁵ When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

⁵⁸ This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.

³⁸ After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.

³⁹ When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"