Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
A councillor of honourable estate (eusxhmwn bouleuthv). A senator or member of the Sanhedrin of high standing, rich (Matthew 27:57).
Looking for the Kingdom of God (hn prosdexomenov thn basileian tou qeou). Periphrastic imperfect. Also Luke 23:51. The very verb used by Luke of Simeon and Anna (Luke 2:25, Luke 2:38). Matthew 27:57 calls him "Jesus' disciple" while John 19:38 adds "secretly for fear of the Jews." He had evidently taken no public stand for Jesus before now.
Boldly (tolmhsav). Aorist (ingressive) active participle, becoming bold. It is the glory of Joseph and Nicodemus, secret disciples of Jesus, that they took a bold stand when the rest were in terror and dismay. That is love psychology, paradoxical as it may seem.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 15:43:
Luke 23:51
Luke 23:52
Acts 13:50
Acts 17:12
Revelation 3:20
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