He died and was buried with the rich. He was buried with evil men. He did nothing wrong—he never spoke lies—but still these things happened to him.
Matthew 27:57 - Easy To Read Version That evening a rich man named Joseph came to Jerusalem. Joseph was a follower of Jesus from the town of Arimathea. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. American Standard Version (1901) And when even was come, there came a rich man from Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: Common English Bible That evening a man named Joseph came. He was a rich man from Arimathea who had become a disciple of Jesus. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, when evening had arrived, a certain wealthy man from Arimathea, named Joseph, arrived, who himself was also a disciple of Jesus. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus. |
He died and was buried with the rich. He was buried with evil men. He did nothing wrong—he never spoke lies—but still these things happened to him.
Joseph went to Pilate and asked to have Jesus’ body. Pilate gave orders for the soldiers to give Jesus’ body to Joseph.
John’s followers heard about what happened. So they came and got John’s body. They put it in a tomb {\cf2\super [78]} (grave).
These Jews did all the bad things that the Scriptures {\cf2\super [270]} said would happen to Jesus. Then they took Jesus down from the cross and put him in a grave.
There was a man named Elkanah from Ramah in the hill country of Ephraim. Elkanah was from the Zuph [1] family. Elkanah was the son of Jeroham. [2] Jeroham was Elihu’s son. Elihu [3] was Tohu’s son. Tohu [4] was the son of Zuph, from the family group of Ephraim.
But Samuel’s home was in Ramah. So Samuel always went back to Ramah. Samuel judged and ruled Israel from that town. And Samuel built an altar to the Lord in Ramah.