Matthew 27:57
New International Version
As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus.

New Living Translation
As evening approached, Joseph, a rich man from Arimathea who had become a follower of Jesus,

English Standard Version
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.

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

Berean Literal Bible
And evening having arrived, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself also was discipled to Jesus.

King James Bible
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

New King James Version
Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

New American Standard Bible
Now when it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea came, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

NASB 1995
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

NASB 1977
And when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

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

Christian Standard Bible
When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

American Standard Version
And when even was come, there came a rich man from Arimath�a, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
When it was evening, a rich man from Ramtha named Yoseph came, who also had been a disciple of Yeshua,

Contemporary English Version
That evening a rich disciple named Joseph from the town of Arimathea

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.

English Revised Version
And when even was come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In the evening a rich man named Joseph arrived. He was from the city of Arimathea and had become a disciple of Jesus.

Good News Translation
When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea arrived; his name was Joseph, and he also was a disciple of Jesus.

International Standard Version
Later that evening, a rich man arrived from Arimathea. His name was Joseph, and he had become a disciple of Jesus.

Literal Standard Version
And evening having come, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus,

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

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

NET Bible
Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

New Revised Standard Version
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

New Heart English Bible
When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.

Webster's Bible Translation
When the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.

Weymouth New Testament
Towards sunset there came a wealthy inhabitant of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus.

World English Bible
When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus’ disciple, came.

Young's Literal Translation
And evening having come, there came a rich man, from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus,

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Context
The Burial of Jesus
56Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons. 57When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus. 58He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.…

Cross References
Isaiah 53:9
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.

Matthew 27:58
He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

Mark 15:42
Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

Mark 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.

Luke 23:50
Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,

John 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.

Acts 13:29
When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.


Treasury of Scripture

When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

there.

Mark 15:42,43
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, …

Luke 23:50,51
And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counseller; and he was a good man, and a just: …

John 19:38-42
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus…

Arimathea.

1 Samuel 1:1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, 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:

1 Samuel 7:17
And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.

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Matthew 27
1. Jesus is delivered bound to Pilate.
3. Judas hangs himself.
19. Pilate, admonished of his wife,
20. and being urged by the multitude, washes his hands, and releases Barabbas.
27. Jesus is mocked and crowned with thorns;
33. crucified;
39. reviled;
50. dies, and is buried;
62. his tomb is sealed and watched.














(57) A rich man of Arimathaea.--The place so named was probably identical with the Ramah of 1Samuel 1:19, the birth-place of the prophet. In 1Samuel 1:1 the name is given in its uncontracted form as Ramathaim-zophim, and in the LXX. version it appears throughout as Armathaim, in Josephus as Armatha, in 1 Maccabees 11:34 as Ramathem. It was a city of the Jews, in the narrower sense in which that word meant the people of Judaea (Luke 23:51). The site is more or less conjectural, but if we identify the Ramah, or Ramathaim, of 1Samuel 1:1 with the modern Nebby Samuel, about four miles north-west of Jerusalem, we have a position which sufficiently fits in with the circumstances of the history. Of Joseph we are told by St. Mark (Mark 15:43) that he was "an honourable counsellor," i.e., a member of the Sanhedrin, and that he was looking for the kingdom of God; by St. Luke (Luke 23:50-51), that he was "a good man, and a just" (see Note on Romans 5:7 for the distinction between the two words); by St. John ( John 19:38), that he was "a disciple, but secretly for fear of the Jews." He was apparently a man of the same class and type of character as Nicodemus, respecting our Lord as a man, admiring Him as a teacher, half-believing in Him as the Christ, and yet, till now, shrinking from confessing Him before men. For us the name has the interest of being one of the few New Testament names connected with our own country. He was sent, it was said, by Philip (the Apostle) to Britain. There, in the legend which mediaeval chroniclers delighted to tell, he founded the Church of Glastonbury; and the staff which he stuck into the ground took root and brought forth leaves and flowers, and became the parent of all the Glastonbury thorns from that day to this. We have to place the piercing of the side, narrated by St. John only (John 19:31-37), before Joseph's application. . . . Verses 57-61. - The burial of the body of Jesus. (Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42.) Verse 57. - When the even was come. This was what was called the first evening, the time between the ninth hour, or three o'clock, and sunset, and the great sabbath would shortly be beginning. It was the Roman custom to leave criminals hanging on the cross for days, till their bodies were devoured by birds and wild animals; the Jewish Law enacted that when bodies were penally suspended, they should be taken down and buried before night (Deuteronomy 21:22, 23), that the land might not be defiled. Tomorrow (beginning at sunset), being a specially solemn day, as combining the sabbath and the Passover celebration, the Jews were particularly anxious that the crucified bodies of our Lord and the two robbers should be taken away and put out of sight before the sabbath began. To effect this object, they went to Pilate, and begged him to put an end to their sufferings by the sharp, short process of breaking their legs. St. John's account must be referred to for this and the result of the soldiers' examination of our Lord. There came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple. He is further said to have been "an honourable counsellor," i.e. a member of the Sanhedrin, "a good man and a just, who also waited for the kingdom of God, and had not consented to the counsel and deed" of the rest of the rulers. "It was divinely appointed," says the Ven. Bede, "that Joseph should be rich, in order to have access to Pilate, for no mean man could have access to the governor; and that he should be a just man, in order to receive the body of our Lord." This man's native place was Arimathaea, a town with much probability identified with Ramathaim-Zophim of 1 Samuel 1:1, which lay in Mount Ephraim, and was the birthplace of the Prophet Samuel. That he was "a rich man" naturally gave him some influence with Pilate, and joined with his position as a Sanhedrist, made his request more likely to be granted. "One Joseph was appointed by God to be guardian of Christ's body in the virgin womb, and another Joseph was the guardian of his body in the virgin tomb, and each Joseph is called a 'just man' in Holy Scripture" (Wordsworth).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
When
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

it was
γενομένης (genomenēs)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

evening,
Ὀψίας (Opsias)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3798: Late, evening. From opse; late; feminine afternoon or nightfall.

there came
ἦλθεν (ēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

a rich
πλούσιος (plousios)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4145: Rich, abounding in, wealthy; subst: a rich man. From ploutos; wealthy; figuratively, abounding with.

man
ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

Arimathea
Ἁριμαθαίας (Harimathaias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 707: Arimathea, a place in Palestine. Of Hebrew origin; Arimathaea, a place in Palestine.

named
τοὔνομα (tounoma)
Adverb - Comparative
Strong's 5122: By name. Contraction for the neuter of ho and onoma; the name.

Joseph,
Ἰωσήφ (Iōsēph)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2501: Joseph, a proper name. Of Hebrew origin; Joseph, the name of seven Israelites.

who
ὃς (hos)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

himself
αὐτὸς (autos)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

was a disciple
ἐμαθητεύθη (emathēteuthē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3100: From mathetes; intransitively, to become a pupil; transitively, to disciple, i.e. Enrol as scholar.

of Jesus.
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.


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