Luke 23:51
The same had not consented to the counsell and deede of them, which was of Aramathia a citie of the Iewes, whiche same also wayted for the kyngdome of God.
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In Context
50And beholde, there was a man named Ioseph, a councellour, and he was a good man and a iust:
52He went vnto Pilate, and begged the body of Iesus,
Cross References
Genesis 37:21When Ruben hearde that, he ryd hym out of their handes, and sayde: let vs not kyll hym.
Genesis 49:18I haue wayted for thy saluation O Lorde.
Isaiah 8:12Ye shall not speake [wordes] of conspiracie in all thinges, when this people shall say conspiracie: feare them not, neither be afraide of them.
Luke 2:25And beholde, there was a man in Hierusalem, whose name was Simeon: and the same man was iust and godlye, and loked for the consolation of Israel, and the holy ghost was vpon hym.
Luke 23:42And he sayde vnto Iesus: Lorde, remember me, when thou commest into thy kyngdome.
Matthew Henry on Luke 23:51-56
The Burial of Christ. 50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: 51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathæa, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath… Read the whole commentary →