Luke 23:50 Cross References - WNT

⁵⁰ There was a member of the Council of the name of Joseph, a kind-hearted and upright man,

⁵⁷ Towards sunset there came a wealthy inhabitant of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸ He went to Pilate and begged to have the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered it to be given to him. ⁵⁹ So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean sheet of fine linen. ⁶⁰ He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door of the tomb he went home. ⁶¹ Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were both present there, sitting opposite to the sepulchre.

⁴² Towards sunset, as it was the Preparation--that is, the day preceding the Sabbath-- ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathaea came, a highly respected member of the Council, who himself also was living in expectation of the Kingdom of God. He summoned up courage to go in to see Pilate and beg for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ But Pilate could hardly believe that He was already dead. He called, however, for the Centurion and inquired whether He had been long dead; ⁴⁵ and having ascertained the fact he granted the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶ He, having bought a sheet of linen, took Him down, wrapped Him in the sheet and laid Him in a tomb hewn in the rock; after which he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb. ⁴⁷ Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He was put.

²⁵ Now there was a man in Jerusalem of the name of Symeon, an upright and God-fearing man, who was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

³⁸ After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but for fear of the Jews a secret disciple, asked Pilate's permission to carry away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and removed the body. ³⁹ Nicodemus too--he who at first had visited Jesus by night--came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, in weight about seventy or eighty pounds. ⁴⁰ Taking down the body they wrapped it in linen cloths along with the spices, in accordance with the Jewish mode of preparing for burial. ⁴¹ There was a garden at the place where Jesus had been crucified, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried. ⁴² Therefore, because it was the day of Preparation for the Jewish Passover, and the tomb was close at hand, they put Jesus there.

² He was religious and God-fearing--and so was every member of his household. He was also liberal in his charities to the people, and continually offered prayer to God.

²² Their reply was, "Cornelius, a Captain, an upright and God-fearing man, of whom the whole Jewish nation speaks well, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and listen to what you have to say."

²⁴ For he was a good man, and was full of the Holy Spirit and of faith; and the number of believers in the Lord greatly increased.