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41 who also afollowed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.  

Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb

42 aNow when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,  
43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who awas himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.  
44 Pilate marveled that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for some time.
45 So when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
46 aThen he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.  
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was laid.
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Mark 15:43

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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