Verse 57

When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who had also become a disciple of Jesus, arrived.

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  • John 19:38-42 : 38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus but kept it secret because of fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for permission to take the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took the body. 39 Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. 40 Taking the body of Jesus, they wrapped it in linen cloths along with the spices, as is the Jewish burial custom. 41 Now, there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. 42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
  • Mark 15:42-47 : 42 When it was already evening, because it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath), 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the council, who was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. 44 Pilate was amazed that He was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. 45 When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he granted the body to Joseph. 46 Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Jesus down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching to see where He was placed.
  • Luke 23:50-56 : 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, who was a good and righteous man. 51 (He had not consented to their decision and action.) He came from Arimathea, a town of the Jews, and he was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock, where no one had yet been laid. 54 It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin. 55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how His body was placed in it. 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
  • 1 Sam 1:1 : 1 There was a man from Ramathaim-Zophim, in the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.
  • 1 Sam 7:17 : 17 But he always returned to Ramah, where his home was. There he judged Israel and also built an altar to the LORD.