And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
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Gill's Exposition
And they returned,.... To the city, and to their own houses, or to some one of them;
and prepared spices and ointments; for the anointing, and embalming the body of Christ, called by the Jews the…
Adam Clarke
Joseph of Arimathea - See the notes on Mat 27:57-60 (note), and those especially on Mar 15:43 (note).
We have here an account of Christ's burial; for he must be brought not only to death, but to the dust of death (Psa 22:15), according to the sentence (Gen 3:19), To the dust thou shalt return.…
Cambridge Bible
- 54. Joseph of Arimathaea. The taking down from the Cross. The Entombment.
50. a counseller i.e. a member of the Sanhedrin, and therefore (as one of the 70 most distinguished members of the ruling…
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