Luke 23:50
New International Version
Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man,

New Living Translation
Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish high council,

English Standard Version
Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,

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

Berean Literal Bible
And behold, a man named Joseph, being also a Council member, a good and righteous man--

King James Bible
And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counseller; and he was a good man, and a just:

New King James Version
Now behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good and just man.

New American Standard Bible
And a man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council, a good and righteous man

NASB 1995
And a man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council, a good and righteous man

NASB 1977
And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council, a good and righteous man

Legacy Standard Bible
And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a Council member, a good and righteous man

Amplified Bible
A man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), a good and honorable man

Christian Standard Bible
There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,

American Standard Version
And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good and righteous man

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A certain man whose name was Yoseph, a Sanhedrin member from Ramtha, a city of Judea, was a good man and just.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold there was a man named Joseph, who was a counsellor, a good and just man,

English Revised Version
And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good man and a righteous

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There was a good man who had God's approval. His name was Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish council,

International Standard Version
Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and righteous man—

Literal Standard Version
And behold, a man, by name Joseph, being a counselor, a man good and righteous,

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

New American Bible
Now there was a virtuous and righteous man named Joseph who, though he was a member of the council,

NET Bible
Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.

New Revised Standard Version
Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph, who, though a member of the council,

New Heart English Bible
And look, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

Webster's Bible Translation
And behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counselor: and he was a good man, and a just:

Weymouth New Testament
There was a member of the Council of the name of Joseph, a kind-hearted and upright man,

World English Bible
Behold, there was a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

Young's Literal Translation
And lo, a man, by name Joseph, being a counsellor, a man good and righteous,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Burial of Jesus
49But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things. 50Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man, 51who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was waiting for the kingdom of God.…

Cross References
Matthew 27:57
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.

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.

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

And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counselor; and he was a good man, and a just:

there.

Matthew 27:57,58
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: …

Mark 15:42-45
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, …

John 19:38
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.

a good.

Luke 2:25
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

Acts 10:2,22
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway…

Acts 11:24
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

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Luke 23
1. Jesus is accused before Pilate, and sent to Herod.
8. Herod mocks him.
12. Herod and Pilate become friends.
13. Barabbas is desired of the people,
24. and is released by Pilate, and Jesus is given to be crucified.
26. He tells the women, that lament him, the destruction of Jerusalem;
34. prays for his enemies.
39. Two criminals are crucified with him.
46. His death.
50. His burial.














(50-56) Behold, there was a man named Joseph.--See Notes on Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47. St. Luke agrees with St. Mark in calling him a "counsellor," but the epithets, "good man and just," are peculiar to him. The adjective for good is not often applied to persons in the New Testament. In Acts 11:24 it is used of Barnabas; in Romans 5:7 it represents a higher excellence than that of the man who is simply just.

Verses 50-56. - The entombment. The sequence of events which immediately followed the death of Christ appears to have been as follows. Our Lord expired apparently soon after 3 p.m. The "even" alluded to by St. Matthew and St. Mark began at 3 p.m. and lasted till sunset, about 6 p.m., when the sabbath commenced. Some time, then, between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Joseph of Arima-thaea went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus. The governor was surprised, not at the request, but at hearing that Jesus was dead already (Mark 15:44), and, to assure himself of the fact, sent to inquire of the centurion on duty at the crosses. Some. where about the same time, probably a little later in the "evening," but still before 6 p.m., the Jews, i.e. the Sanhedrin leaders, came to Pilate with a request that the death of the three crucified might be hastened by their legs being broken, in order that their bodies hanging on the crosses might not pollute the very sacred day which followed. (It would be the sabbath, and the day of the Passover.) This terrible, but perhaps merciful, end to the tortures of the cross seems not to have been uncommon in Jewish crucifixion inflicted by the Roman authority. Crucifixion with this and all its attendant hinters was abolished by the first Christian emperor Constantine in the fourth century. The two thieves apparently expired under this treatment. The soldiers, however, when they looked on the form hanging on the central cross, found the Crucified, as we know, dead already. To make sure of this, one of the executioners thrust his spear deeply into the side of the motionless body of Jesus, "and forthwith came there out blood and water" (John 19:33, 35). Upon this, in accordance with the permission of the governor already obtained, the body of the Lord was delivered to Joseph of Arimathaea and his friends. Verses 50, 51. - And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: (the same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them; ) he was of Arimathaea. This Joseph was a member of the Sanhedrin, a personage of high distinction in Jerusalem, and evidently of great wealth. It is especially mentioned that his vote in the supreme council was not given when the death of Jesus was determined on. Nicodemus and his costly offering of spices for the entombment is only mentioned by St. John (John 19:39). Arimathaea, the place whence this Joseph came, is famous in Jewish history, being identical with Ramathaim Zophim, the "Ramah of the watchers," the native town of Samuel. Each evangelist speaks of Joseph in high terms, and each in his own way. "Luke styles him 'a counsellor, good and just;' he is the καλὸς κὰγαθός, the Greek ideal. Marl; calls him 'an honourable counsellor,' the Roman ideal. Matthew writes of him as 'a rich man:' is not this the Jewish ideal?" (Godet). And St. John, we might add, chooses another title for this loved man, "being a disciple of Jesus:" this was St. John's ideal. In Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus we have specimens of a class of earnest and devout Jews, perhaps not uncommon at that time - men who respected and admired our Lord as a Teacher, and half believed in him as the Messiah (the Christ), arid yet from many mixed and various motives shrank from confessing him before men till after the cross had been endured. It was not only the Resurrection which so enormously increased the number and raised the character of the followers of Jesus. When he was gone, men reflected on the inimitable life, on the deep, heart-searching teaching, on the confirmatory works of power; and when the news of the Resurrection came, the little wavering, half-hearted band of follower's and hearers became in a few months a great host, and in a few years they had spread over the then civilized world. There is a strange but interesting tradition which tells how this Joseph of Arimathaea came to Great Britain about A.D. , and settled in Glastonbury, and there erected a humble Christian oratory, the first in England. The miraculous thorn of Glastonbury, long supposed to bud and blossom every Christmas Day, was reported to have sprung from the staff which Joseph stuck in the groined as he stopped to rest himself on the hill-top.

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Greek
Now
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[there was]
ἰδοὺ (idou)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2400: See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!

a Council member
βουλευτὴς (bouleutēs)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1010: From bouleuo; an adviser, i.e. a councillor or member of the Jewish Sanhedrin.

named
ὀνόματι (onomati)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3686: Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.

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

a good
ἀγαθὸς (agathos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 18: A primary word; 'good'.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

righteous
δίκαιος (dikaios)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1342: From dike; equitable; by implication, innocent, holy.

man,
ἀνὴρ (anēr)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.


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