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Jesus Christ and Joseph of Arimathea
How Jesus Christ and Joseph of Arimathea are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Joseph of Arimathea served Jesus Christ.
Joseph of Arimathea, a rich man and Jesus' disciple, begged the body of Jesus and laid it in his own new tomb hewn out in the rock.
who also himself was Jesus’ disciple
Matthew 27:57, King James Version
laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock
Matthew 27:60, King James Version
Where they cross: Matthew 27:57-60
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Matthew 27:57-60
57When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:
58He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
59And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
King James Version