Luke 23:51
Hee did not consent to the counsell and deede of them, which was of Arimathea, a citie of the Iewes: who also himselfe waited for the kingdome of God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
50And beholde, there was a man named Ioseph, which was a counseller, a good man and a iust.
52He went vnto Pilate, and asked the body of Iesus,
Cross References
Genesis 37:21But when Reuben heard that, he deliuered him out of their handes, and saide, Let vs not kill him.
Genesis 49:18O Lord, I haue waited for thy saluation.
1 Samuel 1:1There was a man of one of the two Ramathaim Zophim, of mount Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Elihu, the sonne of Tohu, the sonne of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
Isaiah 8:12Say ye not, A confederacie to all them, to whome this people sayth a confederacie, neither feare you their feare, nor be afrayd of them.
Luke 2:25And behold, there was a man in Hierusalem, whose name was Simeon: this man was iust, and feared God, and waited for the consolation of Israel, and the holy Ghost was vpon him.
Luke 23:42And he sayd vnto Iesus, Lord, remember me, when thou commest into thy kingdome.
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 →