From 5679f8d5889ac182faa975f0f48fcda791dc653e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:33:03 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Luke 23:50-56 --- content/bible_journal/luke_23:50-56.md | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/luke_23:50-56.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_23:50-56.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_23:50-56.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d93c089 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_23:50-56.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 23:50-56" +date = "2023-02-21" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk23.50-56) + +For the very first time, we learn that the Sanhedrin was not unanimous in its +treatment of Jesus. Here we meet Joseph of Arimathea, a righteous man and a +member of the council. Mark's account tells us all of the council members +condemned Jesus to death, which probably means Joseph didn't attend the +kangaroo trial and only found out about it later. + +Joseph goes to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus so that he can bury Him. He +would have had the backing of other Pharisees to tak the bodies off the crosses +because while a man's body on a tree show's divine judgement upon him, leaving +him there overnight would bring a curse on the whole land. Beyond this, Joseph +was a secret follower of Jesus ("he was looking or the kingdom of God" _v. +51_), and so he wanted to show honor to Him. + +Often in those days, tombs that were carved from rock would hold many bodies. +It was just more economical that way, considering the labor involved in cutting +through stone. Joseph either already owned, or was able to find, a tomb that no +one had yet been laid in to be the resting place for Jesus's body. + +There were only a few hours left until the Sabbath began, so there was not +enough time to do all of the burial preparations that they would have liked to +do. Some of the women who had travelled with Jesus from Galilee saw where +Joseph had laid Jesus to rest and decided to finish the burial preparations +Sunday morning, once the Sabbath was over. + +* * * + +You can soften even the hardest hearts, and give sight to those who are blinded +by their pride.