Luke 23:51

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

Had not

Isaiah 8:12

Arimathaea

1 Samuel 1:1

Waited

General references

Genesis 49:18

Mark 15:42

Bible References

Had not

Now Reuben [the eldest] heard this and rescued him from their hands and said, “Let us not take his life.”

And they said to one another, “Truly we are guilty regarding our brother [Joseph], because we saw the distress and anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us [to let him go], yet we would not listen [to his cry]; so this distress and anguish has come on us.”

You shall not follow a crowd to do [something] evil, nor shall you testify at a trial or in a dispute so as to side with a crowd in order to pervert justice;

My son, if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.

“You are not to say, ‘It is a conspiracy!’
In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy,
And you are not to fear what they fear nor be in dread of it.

Arimathaea

There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, named Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

Waited

And he was saying, “Jesus, [please] remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout [carefully observing the divine Law], and looking for the Consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

“I wait for Your salvation, O Lord.

Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent and respected member of the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God—and he courageously dared to go in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

General references

“I wait for Your salvation, O Lord.

When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,