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