(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 23:51 in context
Luke 23:48–54
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All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their chests.
49
All his acquaintances and the women who followed with him from Galilee stood at a distance, watching these things.
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Behold, there was a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man
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(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom.
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This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.
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He took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.
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