Mark 15:43 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Yosef of Ramatayim, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Yeshua's body. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Joseph of Arimathæa, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Joseph, he of Arimathea, noble and honorable in rank and a respected member of the council (Sanhedrin), who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, daring the consequences, took courage and ventured to go to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. American Standard Version (1901) there came Joseph of Arimathæa, a councillor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Common English Bible Joseph from Arimathea dared to approach Pilate and ask for Jesus’ body. (Joseph was a prominent council member who also eagerly anticipated the coming of God’s kingdom.) Catholic Public Domain Version there arrived Joseph of Arimathea, a noble council member, who himself was also awaiting the kingdom of God. And he boldly entered to Pilate and petitioned for the body of Jesus. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. |
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.*
When evening had come, a rich man from Ramatayim, named Yosef, who himself was also Yeshua's talmid came.
Kefa had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the Kohen Gadol. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.
Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
Behold, there was a man in Yerushalayim whose name was Shim`on. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Yisra'el, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Yerushalayim.
Behold, a man named Yosef, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man
(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Ramatayim, a city of the Judeans, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God:
After these things, Yosef of Ramatayim, being a talmid of Yeshua, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Yeshua's body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.
But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba, and threw them out of their borders.
Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.