Mar 15:44 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 44. And Pilate marvelled if , etc. 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 .

Mark 15:44

Verse 44. And Pilate marvelled if, etc. 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 Jn 19:33.