Rich Jewish official who was in charge, together with †¢Nicodemus, of burying the body of the Lord Jesus, providing for it a sepulcher that he had ordered to be made for himself. J. of A. was a member of the Sanhedrin but had become “a disciple of Jesus”, although “secretly for fear of the Jews”. He was a † œgood and just man…. that he also waited for the kingdom of God † for which † œhe had not consented to their agreement nor to their deeds †. Love was stronger in him than fear and after the death of the Lord Jesus he went to Pilate and asked for his body. Pilate granted it, and J. of A. “bought a sheet,” wrapped it around the Lord Jesus, and placed him in his own tomb, which was near the place of crucifixion (Mat 27:57-60; Mar 15:43 -46; Luke 23:50-53; Joh 19:38-42). This action of J. of A. and † ¢ Nicodemus fulfilled the prophecy of Isa 53: 9, († œmore with the rich it was in his death †).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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see, GENEALOGY (of Jesus), EGYPT (Israelite Estate), TYPE, TYPOLOGY, JESUS CHRIST, MARY, MATÍ AS
vet, = “let him (God) add”. (Heb.: “Yãsaph”.). A member of the Sanhedrin, a rich and distinguished man, he awaited the kingdom of God (Mark 15:43). He had not consented to the sentence of death pronounced against Jesus, since he was a secret disciple of His, as was Nicodemus, the only other member of the council who had faith in Him. buried in his own new tomb, thus fulfilling the prophecy of Is. 53:19 (Mt. 27:57-60; Lk. 23:50-53; Jn. 19:38).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Character of Jerusalem of certain social dignity and wealth (Mt. 27.60). He was a member of the Sanhedrin (72 judges) (Mk. 15.43), just and upright (Lk. 23.50).
He had a prepared rock-cut sepulcher in Jerusalem, indicating some wealth or social significance. He was a hidden disciple of Jesus and came forward to claim his body from Pilate and to bury it in his own tomb.
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
A Jew from *Arimathea, “a good and righteous man… who also waited for the kingdom of God” (Lk. 23.50-51), “who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews” (Jn. 19.38), and member of the Sanhedrin, who had not voted in favor of the death of Jesus. He was rich, and after asking Pilate to allow him to remove the body of Jesus, he wrapped it in a clean sheet and placed it in a new tomb of his property, which he had carved out of a rock (Mt. 27:57– 60). (In this Matthew perhaps sees the fulfillment of Is. 53.9.) In a legend, first appearing in William of Malmesbury, Joseph is sent by Philip of Gaul to Britain in AD 63, where he founded the first Christian settlement in that country, a place that later became the city of Glastonbury. There are no references to this account in Gildas or Bede. JA Robinson, in his Two Glastonbury Legends, 1926, says that these passages are interpolations. An even later legend, composed by Walter Map in 1200, says that Joseph brought the holy grail to England.
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Douglas, J. (2000). New Biblical Dictionary: First Edition. Miami: United Bible Societies.
Source: New Bible Dictionary