Key Verse Spotlight
Luke 23:51 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) {he was} of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.”
Luke 23:51
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
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, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
This {man} went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
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