Joseph of Arimathea
The one who buried Jesus
Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy and respected member of the Council, but secretly a disciple of Jesus. He had not agreed to the Council's decision to kill Jesus. After the crucifixion, he took courage, went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body, which he laid in his own new tomb.
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Waiting for God's kingdom
Joseph was a good and righteous man who waited for God's kingdom.
43Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
⸀ἐλθὼν Ἰωσὴφ ⸀ὁ ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας εὐσχήμων βουλευτής, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν προσδεχόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, τολμήσας εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς ⸀τὸν Πιλᾶτον καὶ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
50Now look, there was a man named Joseph, a member of the council, a good and righteous man,
Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ὀνόματι Ἰωσὴφ βουλευτὴς ὑπάρχων, ⸀ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς καὶ δίκαιος—
51who had not consented to their decision or their action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.
οὗτος οὐκ ἦν συγκατατεθειμένος τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῇ πράξει αὐτῶν— ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας πόλεως τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ὃς ⸀προσεδέχετο τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ,
Asked for Jesus' body
Joseph took courage and went to Pilate to ask for Jesus' body.
43Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
⸀ἐλθὼν Ἰωσὴφ ⸀ὁ ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας εὐσχήμων βουλευτής, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν προσδεχόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, τολμήσας εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς ⸀τὸν Πιλᾶτον καὶ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
44Pilate was surprised that he was already dead, so he summoned the centurion and asked him whether Jesus had died some time ago.
ὁ δὲ Πιλᾶτος ἐθαύμασεν εἰ ἤδη τέθνηκεν, καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τὸν κεντυρίωνα ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτὸν εἰ ⸀πάλαι ἀπέθανεν·
45When he learned from the centurion that he had, he granted the body to Joseph.
καὶ γνοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ κεντυρίωνος ἐδωρήσατο τὸ ⸀πτῶμα τῷ Ἰωσήφ.
38After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, though secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for permission to take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took the body away.
Μετὰ ⸀δὲ ταῦτα ἠρώτησεν τὸν Πιλᾶτον Ἰωσὴφ ⸀ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας, ὢν μαθητὴς τοῦ Ἰησοῦ κεκρυμμένος δὲ διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἵνα ἄρῃ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ· καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν ὁ Πιλᾶτος. ἦλθεν οὖν καὶ ἦρεν τὸ σῶμα ⸀αὐτοῦ.
The burial
Joseph laid Jesus' body in his own new tomb, hewn out of the rock.
59Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
καὶ λαβὼν τὸ σῶμα ὁ Ἰωσὴφ ἐνετύλιξεν ⸀αὐτὸ σινδόνι καθαρᾷ,
60and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ καινῷ αὐτοῦ μνημείῳ ὃ ἐλατόμησεν ἐν τῇ πέτρᾳ, καὶ προσκυλίσας λίθον μέγαν τῇ θύρᾳ τοῦ μνημείου ἀπῆλθεν.
46So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took him down, wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
καὶ ἀγοράσας ⸀σινδόνα καθελὼν αὐτὸν ἐνείλησεν τῇ σινδόνι καὶ ⸀ἔθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐν ⸀μνημείῳ ὃ ἦν λελατομημένον ἐκ πέτρας, καὶ προσεκύλισεν λίθον ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ μνημείου.
53Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb cut in the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
καὶ ⸀καθελὼν ἐνετύλιξεν αὐτὸ σινδόνι, καὶ ἔθηκεν ⸀αὐτὸν ἐν μνήματι λαξευτῷ οὗ οὐκ ἦν ⸂οὐδεὶς οὔπω⸃ κείμενος.
41At the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.
ἦν δὲ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ὅπου ἐσταυρώθη κῆπος, καὶ ἐν τῷ κήπῳ μνημεῖον καινόν, ἐν ᾧ οὐδέπω οὐδεὶς ⸂ἦν τεθειμένος⸃·
42Because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
ἐκεῖ οὖν διὰ τὴν παρασκευὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἦν τὸ μνημεῖον, ἔθηκαν τὸν Ἰησοῦν.