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What does Luke 23:50 mean?
"Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man"
— Luke 23:50 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”
All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.
All his acquaintances, and the women who followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man
(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom:
this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.
He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.
Explanation
Luke 23:50 introduces a new character into the crucifixion narrative at the exact moment when Jesus has just died on the cross. The verse is simple and direct: a man named Joseph is described, and Luke immediately tells us two important things about him — he was
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