马可福音 15:44

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

彼拉多驚訝耶穌已經死了，就叫百夫長前來，問他耶穌是不是死了很久。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
彼 拉 多 诧 异 耶 稣 已 经 死 了 ， 便 叫 百 夫 长 来 ， 问 他 耶 稣 死 了 久 不 久 。

Contextual Overview

⁴² This was Preparation Day. (That means the day before the Sabbath day.) That evening, ⁴³ Joseph from Arimathea was brave enough to go to Pilate and ask for Jesus' body. Joseph, an important member of the Jewish council, was one of the people who was waiting for the kingdom of God to come. ⁴⁴ Pilate was amazed that Jesus would have already died, so he called the army officer who had guarded Jesus and asked him if Jesus had already died. ⁴⁵ The officer told Pilate that he was dead, so Pilate told Joseph he could have the body. ⁴⁶ Joseph bought some linen cloth, took the body down from the cross, and wrapped it in the linen. He put the body in a tomb that was cut out of a wall of rock. Then he rolled a very large stone to block the entrance of the tomb. ⁴⁷ And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw the place where Jesus was laid.

Bible Verse Review
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John 19:31-37

Reciprocal: Matthew 27:36 - General Matthew 27:58 - General Mark 15:39 - the centurion Luke 8:53 - knowing

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead,.... For death, by crucifixion, was a slow lingering death; persons that were in their full strength hung a great while before they expired; and the two thieves, which were crucified with Christ, were not dead when he was:

and calling unto him the centurion; who was set to watch him:

he asked him, whether he had been any while dead; he inquired of him, whether he was dead, and how long he had been dead.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And Pilate marveled if - Wondered if he was dead, or wondered that he was so soon dead. It was not common for persons crucified to expire under two or three days, sometimes not until the sixth or seventh. Joseph had asked for the “body,” implying that he was dead. That he was, had been ascertained by the soldiers. See John 19:33.