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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULTThis one, having approached Pilate, asked for the body of Jesus.
USTJoseph went to Pilate and asked Pilate to permit him to take Jesus’ body and bury it. Pilate gave him permission,
BSBHe went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.
BLBHe having gone to Pilate, asked for the body of Jesus.
AICNT{This man}[fn] went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
Wymthand now he went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
ASVthis man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
DRAThis man went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
YLThe, having gone near to Pilate, asked the body of Jesus,
Drby— he having gone to Pilate begged the body of Jesus;
RVthis man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
WbstrThis man went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
KJB-1769This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
KJB-1611This man went vnto Pilate, and begged the body of Iesus. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
BshpsHe went vnto Pilate, and begged the body of Iesus, (He went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Yesus/Yeshua,)
GnvaHe went vnto Pilate, and asked the body of Iesus, (He went unto Pilate, and asked the body of Yesus/Yeshua, )
Cvdlhe wete vnto Pilate, and axed the body of Iesus. (he went unto Pilate, and asked the body of Yesus/Yeshua.)
TNThe went vnto Pilate and begged the boddy of Iesus (he went unto Pilate and begged the body of Yesus/Yeshua )
WyclThis Joseph cam to Pilat, and axide the bodi of Jhesu, (This Yoseph came to Pilat, and asked the body of Yhesu,)
Luthder ging zu Pilatus und bat um den Leib JEsu (der went to Pilatus and bat around/by/for the body YEsu)
ClVghic accessit ad Pilatum et petiit corpus Jesu:[fn] (hic accessit to Pilatum and petiit body Yesu: )
23.52Hic accessit, etc. Non apostoli, sed Joseph justus et constans, et Nicodemus, in quo non erat dolus, sepeliunt. Talis est etiam sepultura Christi, quæ fraudem iniquitatemque non habet, in quo obstruitur tergiversatio Judæorum. Nam si apostoli sepelissent, dicerent non sepultum quem dixerunt raptum.
23.52Hic accessit, etc. Non apostoli, but Yoseph justus and constans, and Nicodemus, in quo not/no was dolus, sepeliunt. Talis it_is also sepultura of_Christ, which fraudem iniquitatemque not/no habet, in quo obstruitur tergiversatio Yudæorum. Nam when/but_if apostoli sepelissent, dicerent not/no sepultum which dixerunt raptum.
UGNTοὗτος, προσελθὼν τῷ Πειλάτῳ, ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ. (houtos, proselthōn tōi Peilatōi, aʸtaʸsato to sōma tou Yaʸsou.)
SBL-GNTοὗτος προσελθὼν τῷ Πιλάτῳ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, (houtos proselthōn tōi Pilatōi aʸtaʸsato to sōma tou Yaʸsou,)
TC-GNTοὗτος προσελθὼν τῷ [fn]Πιλάτῳ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ. (houtos proselthōn tōi Pilatōi aʸtaʸsato to sōma tou Yaʸsou. )
23:52He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body: The Romans used crucifixion as a public warning against revolt, so they did not generally allow a victim to be buried. Instead, they left the body exposed or rotting on the cross. An exception was made in this case, probably because Pilate knew that Jesus was innocent and because of Joseph’s position of prestige on the Jewish high council.
This one implicitly means Joseph. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that it was Joseph who went to Pilate by using his name, as UST does, or by saying “this man.”
he /having/_approached ¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὗτος προσελθὼν τῷ Πιλάτῳ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ)
The implication is that Joseph requested the body of Jesus so that he could give it a proper burial. Ordinarily, to make crucifixion as gruesome a death as possible, the Romans left the dead bodies of people who had been crucified on the crosses to be eaten by wild animals, and they then burned whatever remained in the Valley of Hinnom where, as a note to 12:5 explains, refuse was thrown and fires burned continually. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain why Joseph asked for Jesus’ body. You could also specify that Pilate gave Joseph permission to bury Jesus, as UST does. Alternate translation: [This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus so that he could bury it]
On the Thursday before he was crucified, Jesus had arranged to share the Passover meal with his disciples in an upper room, traditionally thought to be located in the Essene Quarter of Jerusalem. After they finished the meal, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples. There Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ own disciples, betrayed him to soldiers sent from the High Priest, and they took Jesus to the High Priest’s residence. In the morning the leading priests and teachers of the law put Jesus on trial and found him guilty of blasphemy. The council sent Jesus to stand trial for treason before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who resided at the Praetorium while in Jerusalem. The Praetorium was likely located at the former residence of Herod the Great, who had died over 30 years earlier. When Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, he sent him to Herod Antipas, who had jurisdiction over Galilee. But when Jesus gave no answer to Herod’s many questions, Herod and his soldiers sent him back to Pilate, who conceded to the people’s demands that Jesus be crucified. Jesus was forced to carry his cross out of the city gate to Golgotha, meaning Skull Hill, referring to what may have been a small unquarried hill in the middle of an old quarry just outside the gate. After Jesus was unable to carry his cross any further, a man named Simon from Cyrene was forced to carry it for him. There at Golgotha they crucified Jesus. After Jesus died, his body was hurriedly taken down before nightfall and placed in a newly cut, rock tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Jewish high council. This tomb was likely located at the perimeter of the old quarry.
