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.
Arimathaea
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Bible References
Had not
Genesis 37:21
And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him from their hands: and said, Let us not kill him.
Genesis 42:21
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Exodus 23:2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Isaiah 8:12
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
Arimathaea
1 Samuel 1:1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
Waited
Luke 23:42
And he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
Luke 2:25
And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Genesis 49:18
I have waited for thy salvation O LORD.
Mark 15:43
Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly to Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
General references
Genesis 49:18
I have waited for thy salvation O LORD.
Mark 15:42
And now, when the evening was come, (because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath)