The Meaning of Mark 15:45 Explained

Mark 15:45

KJV: And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

YLT: and having known it from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

Darby: And when he knew from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

ASV: And when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

What is the context of Mark 15:45?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  when he knew  [it] of  the centurion,  he gave  the body  to Joseph. 

What does Mark 15:45 Mean?

Context Summary

Mark 15:22-47 - A King Upon His Cross
Our Lord refused to drink the potion prepared by the women of Jerusalem, in order to stupefy those who were crucified and so deaden the sense of pain, because He would drain the cup to its dregs. It was nine o'clock in the morning when He was nailed to the cross. His persecutors were, as they thought, destroying the Temple of which He had spoken in John 2:19, and making its restoration impossible. In fact, however, they were giving Him the opportunity of fulfilling His great prediction. He saved others; Himself He cannot save. Nature veiled her face from that awful spectacle. Christ was not really forsaken, but as our Redeemer he passed under the dark shadow of human sin. The access to the Holy of Holies is now forever free through the entry of our great High Priest. See Hebrews 9:7-8. What love inspired the women, Mark 15:40, to brave the horrors of the scene! And how good to see that God cares for the body as well as for the spirit of His beloved! For Joseph, see Matthew 27:57 and Luke 23:50-51. Born of the Virgin's womb our Lord was buried in a virgin tomb. [source]

Chapter Summary: Mark 15

1  Jesus brought bound, and accused before Pilate
6  Upon the clamor of the people, the murderer Barabbas is released,
12  and Jesus delivered up to be crucified
16  He is crowned with thorns, spit on, and mocked;
21  faints in bearing his cross;
27  hangs between two thieves;
29  suffers the triumphing reproaches of the crowd;
39  but is confessed by the centurion to be the Son of God;
42  and is honorably buried by Joseph

Greek Commentary for Mark 15:45

Granted the corpse [εδωρησατο το πτωμα]
This official information was necessary before the burial. As a matter of fact Pilate was probably glad to turn the body over to Joseph else the body would go to the potter‘s field. This is the only instance when πτωμα — ptōma (cadaver, corpse) is applied to the body (σωμα — sōma) of Jesus, the term used in Matthew 27:59; Luke 23:53; John 19:40). [source]
Body [πτῶμα]
Better, Rev., corpse; as the word is used only of a dead body. See on Matthew 24:28. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 15:45

2 Peter 1:3 Hath granted [δεδωρημένης]
This is the only word which Peter and Mark alone have in common in the New Testament; a somewhat singular fact in view of their intimate relations, and of the impress of Peter upon Mark's gospel: yet it tells very strongly against the theory of a forgery of this epistle. The word is stronger than the simple δίδωμι , to give, meaning to grant or bestow as a gift. Compare Mark 15:45. [source]
Revelation 11:8 Dead bodies [πτώματα]
Read πτῶμα carcassSee on Matthew 24:28; see on Mark 15:45. [source]

What do the individual words in Mark 15:45 mean?

And having known [it] from the centurion He granted the body - to Joseph
καὶ γνοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ κεντυρίωνος ἐδωρήσατο τὸ πτῶμα τῷ Ἰωσήφ

γνοὺς  having  known  [it] 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: γινώσκω  
Sense: to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel.
κεντυρίωνος  centurion 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: κεντυρίων  
Sense: centurion, an officer in the Roman army.
ἐδωρήσατο  He  granted 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Singular
Root: δωρέομαι  
Sense: to present, bestow.
πτῶμα  body 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular
Root: πτῶμα  
Sense: a fall, downfall.
τῷ  - 
Parse: Article, Dative Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Ἰωσήφ  to  Joseph 
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular
Root: Ἰωσήφ 
Sense: the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob.

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