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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. Then Pilate commanded it to be given to him.
USTJoseph went to Pilate. He asked Pilate to allow him to take the body of Jesus to bury it. So, Pilate told his soldiers to give him the body.
BSBHe went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
BLBHaving gone to Pilate, he asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.
AICNTThis man approached Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered {it}[fn] to be given.
OEBHe went to see Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate ordered it to be given him.
WEBBEThis man went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
WMBBThis man went to Pilate and asked for Yeshua’s body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
NETHe went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
LSVhe having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.
FBVwent to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate ordered it to be handed over to him.
TCNTHe went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. So Pilate commanded that the body be given to him.
T4THe then went to Pilate and asked Pilate to allow him to take the body of Jesus and bury it. Pilate ordered that he be allowed to {his soldiers let Joseph} take the body.
LEBThis man approached Pilate and[fn] asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it[fn] to be given to him.[fn]
27:58*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb
27:58*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
27:58*The words “to him” are not in the Greek text but are implied
BBEThis man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him.
WymthHe went to Pilate and begged to have the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered it to be given to him.
ASVthis man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.
DRAHe went to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be delivered.
YLThe having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.
DrbyHe, going to Pilate, begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
RVthis man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.
WbstrHe went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
KJB-1769He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
KJB-1611He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Iesus: then Pilate commanded the body to be deliuered. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
BshpsHe went to Pilate, and begged the body of Iesus. Then Pilate comaunded the body to be delyuered. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
GnvaHe went to Pilate, and asked ye body of Iesus. Then Pilate commanded ye body to be deliuered. (He went to Pilate, and asked ye/you_all body of Yesus/Yeshua. Then Pilate commanded ye/you_all body to be delivered. )
CvdlHe wete vnto Pylate, and axed the body of Iesus. Then commaunded Pylate that the body shulde be geue him. (He went unto Pylate, and asked the body of Yesus/Yeshua. Then commanded Pylate that the body should be give him.)
TNTHe went to Pilate and begged the body of Iesus. Then Pilate commaunded the body to be delivered. (He went to Pilate and begged the body of Yesus/Yeshua. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. )
WyclHe wente to Pilat, and axide the bodi of Jhesu. (He went to Pilat, and asked the body of Yhesu.)
LuthDer ging zu Pilatus und bat ihn um den Leib JEsu. Da befahl Pilatus, man sollte ihm ihn geben. (The went to Pilatus and bat him/it around/by/for the body YEsu. So befahl Pilatus, man sollte him him/it give.)
ClVghic accessit ad Pilatum, et petiit corpus Jesu. Tunc Pilatus jussit reddi corpus. (hic accessit to Pilatum, and petiit body Yesu. Tunc Pilatus yussit reddi body. )
UGNTοὗτος προσελθὼν τῷ Πειλάτῳ, ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ. τότε ὁ Πειλᾶτος ἐκέλευσεν ἀποδοθῆναι. (houtos proselthōn tōi Peilatōi, aʸtaʸsato to sōma tou Yaʸsou. tote ho Peilatos ekeleusen apodothaʸnai.)
SBL-GNTοὗτος προσελθὼν τῷ Πιλάτῳ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ. τότε ὁ Πιλᾶτος ἐκέλευσεν ⸀ἀποδοθῆναι. (houtos proselthōn tōi Pilatōi aʸtaʸsato to sōma tou Yaʸsou. tote ho Pilatos ekeleusen ⸀apodothaʸnai.)
TC-GNTοὗτος προσελθὼν τῷ [fn]Πιλάτῳ, ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ. Τότε ὁ [fn]Πιλάτος ἐκέλευσεν ἀποδοθῆναι [fn]τὸ σῶμα. (houtos proselthōn tōi Pilatōi, aʸtaʸsato to sōma tou Yaʸsou. Tote ho Pilatos ekeleusen apodothaʸnai to sōma. )
27:58 In Roman crucifixion, the bodies of criminals were often left to rot. Deut 21:22-23 prohibits a body from remaining on a cross or a gallows overnight. Joseph’s action was in accordance with Jewish law, while his motivation was probably his loyalty to Jesus. • Pilate issued an order: Pilate was accommodating, probably because he did not believe Jesus was guilty of insurrection (see Matt 27:24-26).
The reason that Joseph asked Pilate for the body of Jesus was so that he could bury it. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [asked for the body of Jesus so that he could bury it]
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who would do the action, it is clear from the context that it would be Pilate’s soldiers. Alternate translation: [the soldiers to give it to him]
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.
