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 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 was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.
And Pilate wondered if he was already dead: and calling the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
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 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.