Luke 23:51 (WEB)
(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom.
Fathers and councils · 14
Augustine of Hippo
“…perceived Him: hence the blessed Apostles: hence Nathanael, in whom guile was not: hence the other Joseph, who himself too looked for the kingdom of God: hence that so great multitude who went before and followed after His beast, saying, “Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord:” among whom was also…” — editor's note: John xix. 38; Luke xxiii. 51.
Read the whole comment“This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.”” — editor's note: Luke xxiii. 50–52.
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Tertullian
“Nothing therefore remained upon the cross, nothing hung there, after “the giving up of the ghost;” there was nothing to beg of Pilate, nothing to take down from the cross, nothing to wrap in the linen, nothing to lay in the new sepulchre.” — editor's note: See these stages in Luke xxiii. 47–55.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- A Greek expositorCatena Aurea on Luke
Joseph had been at one time a secret disciple of Christ, but at length bursting through the bonds of fear, and become very zealous, he took down the body of our Lord, basely hanging on the cross; thus gaining a…
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A counsellor, or decurio, is so called because he is of the order of the curia or council, and administers the office of the curia. He is also wont to be called curialis, from his management of civil duties. Joseph…
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Now John says, that Joseph was a disciple of Jesus. Hence it is also here added, Who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. But it naturally causes surprise how he who for fear was a secret disciple should have…
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So then being fitted by the righteousness of his works for the burial of our Lord’s body, he was worthy by the dignity of his secular power to obtain it. Hence it follows, And he took it down, and wrapped it in…
Read the whole comment - Athanasius of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
They also act absurdly who embalm the bodies of their dead, and do not bury them, even supposing them to be holy. For what can be more holy or greater than our Lord’s body? And yet this was placed in a tomb until it…
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That is, hewn out of a rock, lest if it had been built of many stones, and the foundations of the tomb being dug up after the resurrection, the body should be said to have been stolen away. It is laid also in a new…
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For they had not yet sufficient faith, but prepared as if for a mere man spices and ointments, after the manner of the Jews, who performed such duties to their dead. Hence it follows, And they returned, and prepared…
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Now mystically, the just man buries the body of Christ. For the burial of Christ is such as to have no guile or wickedness in it. But rightly did Matthew call the man rich, for by carrying Him that was rich he knew…
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He also wraps Jesus in clean linen, who has received Him with a pure mind.
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Nor without meaning has one Evangelist spoken of a new tomb, another of the tomb of Joseph. For the grave is prepared by those who are under the law of death; the Conqueror of death has no grave of His own. For what…
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Now that the Lord is crucified on the sixth day and rests on the seventh, signifies that in the sixth age of the world we must of necessity suffer for Christ, and as it were be crucified to the world. (Gal. 6:14.)…
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.23.
Cited together in Bede on Luke 23:50–56 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.23.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.23.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.23.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.23.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.23.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.23.