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Joseph (of Arimathea)

Mentioned in AD 33 traditional (Jones)

A native of Arimathea, probably the Ramah of the Old Testament (1 Sam. 1:19), a man of wealth, and a member of the Sanhedrim (Matt. 27:57; Luke 23:50), an “honourable counsellor, who waited for the kingdom of God.” As soon as he heard the tidings of Christ’s death, he “went in boldly” (lit. “having summoned courage, he went”) “unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.” Pilate having ascertained from the centurion that the death had really taken place, granted Joseph’s request, who immediately, having purchased fine linen (Mark 15:46), proceeded to Golgotha to take the body down from the cross. There, assisted by Nicodemus, he took down the body and wrapped it in the fine linen, sprinkling it with the myrrh and aloes which Nicodemus had brought (John 19:39), and then conveyed the body to the new tomb hewn by Joseph himself out of a rock in his garden hard by.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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6 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Family tree of Joseph: two generations up and down, with partners and siblings.

Stories

1 event in which Joseph takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. AD 30Crucifixion and BurialMatt 27:35-66; Mark 15:24-47; Luke 23:33-56; John 19:18-42

Places

Places named in the same verses as Joseph, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. uncertain location: Arimathea3

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, AD 8–58, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Timeline of Joseph’s mentions beside the people of the same era.

Mentions

Begat counts Joseph in 6 tagged verses across 4 books.

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  1. Matthew2
  2. Mark2
  3. Luke1
  4. John1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBJoseph 281
KJVJoseph 250
ASVJoseph 248

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Every verse

All 6 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Matthew2 verses
  1. 27:57

    When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.

  2. 27:59

    So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

Mark2 verses
  1. 15:43

    Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

  2. 15:45

    When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

Luke1 verse
  1. 23:50

    Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,

John1 verse
  1. 19:38

    Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

A native of Arimathea, probably the Ramah of the Old Testament (1 Sam. 1:19), a man of wealth, and a member of the Sanhedrim (Matt. 27:57; Luke 23:50), an “honourable counsellor, who waited for the kingdom of God.” As soon as he heard the tidings of Christ’s death, he “went in boldly” (lit. “having summoned courage, he went”) “unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.” Pilate having ascertained from the centurion that the death had really taken place, granted Joseph’s request, who immediately, having purchased fine linen (Mark 15:46), proceeded to Golgotha to take the body down from the cross. There, assisted by Nicodemus, he took down the body and wrapped it in the fine linen, sprinkling it with the myrrh and aloes which Nicodemus had brought (John 19:39), and then conveyed the body to the new tomb hewn by Joseph himself out of a rock in his garden hard by. There they laid it, in the presence of Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Joses, and other women, and rolled a great stone to the entrance, and departed (Luke 23:53, 55). This was done in haste, “for the Sabbath was drawing on” (comp. Isa. 53:9).