Mark 15:44
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But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead.

John 19:31-37 Then the Jews (because it was the parasceve), that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day (for that was a great sabbath day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken: and that they might be taken away. . . .

Context
The Burial of Jesus
43Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. 44But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead. 45And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.…
Cross References
Matthew 8:10
And Jesus hearing this, marvelled; and said to them that followed him. Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.

Mark 15:43
Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus.

Mark 15:45
And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

Lexicon
Pilate
Πιλᾶτος (Pilatos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4091: Pilate. Of Latin origin; close-pressed, i.e. Firm; Pilatus, a Roman.

was surprised [to hear]
ἐθαύμασεν (ethaumasen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2296: (a) intrans: I wonder, marvel, (b) trans: I wonder at, admire. From thauma; to wonder; by implication, to admire.

that
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

[Jesus] was already dead,
τέθνηκεν (tethnēken)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2348: To die, be dying, be dead. A strengthened form of a simpler primary thano than'-o; to die.

so
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he summoned
προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesamenos)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4341: To call to myself, summon. Middle voice from pros and kaleo; to call toward oneself, i.e. Summon, invite.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

centurion
κεντυρίωνα (kentyriōna)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2760: Of Latin origin; a centurion, i.e. Captain of one hundred soldiers.

to ask
ἐπηρώτησεν (epērōtēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1905: To interrogate, question, demand of. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek.

if
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

[this was so].
ἀπέθανεν (apethanen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 599: To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off.


Additional Translations
Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.

And Pilate wondered if already He were dead. And having summoned the centurion, he questioned him whether He had died already.

And Pilate marveled if he were already dead: and calling to him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and having called to [him] the centurion, he inquired of him if he had long died.

And Pilate marveled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

And Pilate wondered if he was already dead: and calling the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

But Pilate could hardly believe that He was already dead. He called, however, for the Centurion and inquired whether He had been long dead;

Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.

And Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and having called near the centurion, did question him if he were long dead,
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