Luke 23:51

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(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.

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  • Luke 2:25 : 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
  • Luke 2:38 : 38 At that very moment, she came up and began to give thanks to the Lord and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
  • Mark 15:43 : 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.
  • Luke 23:42 : 42 Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.'
  • Gen 37:21-22 : 21 But Reuben heard this and tried to rescue him from their hands. He said, "Let us not take his life." 22 Reuben also said to them, "Do not shed any blood. Throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him." He said this intending to rescue him from their hands in order to return him to his father.
  • Gen 42:21-22 : 21 They said to one another, 'Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.' 22 Reuben replied to them, 'Didn't I tell you not to sin against the boy, but you wouldn't listen? Now his blood is being demanded from us.'
  • Gen 49:18 : 18 I wait for your salvation, Lord.
  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.
  • 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.
  • Prov 1:10 : 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
  • Isa 8:12 : 12 "Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not be terrified.

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    49But all those who knew Him, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

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  • Mark 15:42-47
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    42When it was already evening, because it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

    43Joseph 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.

    44Pilate was amazed that He was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.

    45When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he granted the body to Joseph.

    46Joseph 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.

    47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching to see where He was placed.

  • Matt 27:57-62
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    57When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who had also become a disciple of Jesus, arrived.

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    59Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

    60and placed it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. He rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.

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  • Luke 23:52-55
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    52He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

    53Then 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.

    54It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

    55The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how His body was placed in it.

  • John 19:38-39
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    38After 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.

    39Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.

  • John 19:41-42
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    41Now, 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.

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  • Luke 23:47
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    47When the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said, 'Surely this was a righteous man.'

  • Luke 23:6-7
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    6When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

    7Realizing that He was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

  • Matt 27:7
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  • Matt 27:1
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    1When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

  • Acts 13:27-29
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    27The people living in Jerusalem and their rulers, not recognizing Him or the words of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him.

    28Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

    29When they had fulfilled all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.

  • Luke 22:5-6
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    5They were glad and agreed to give him money.

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    53So from that day on, they plotted to kill him.

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    20The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him.

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