50,51 There was a man named Joseph, who was from Arimatheain Judea. Josephwas a good and honest man, and he was eager for God’s kingdom to come. He was also a member of the council, but he did not agree with what they had decided.
52 Joseph went to Pilateand asked for Jesus' body. 53 He took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in fine cloth. Then he put it in a tomb that had been cut out of solid rock and had never been used. 54 It was Friday, and the Sabbath was about to begin.23.54 the Sabbath was about to begin: The Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday.
55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galileefollowed Joseph and watched how Jesus' body was placed in the tomb. 56 Ex 20.10;Dt 5.14.Then they went to prepare some sweet-smelling spices for his burial. But on the Sabbath they rested, as the Law of Moses commands.
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Judea
Hoje: Judea (Southern Israel)
ἸουδαίαIoudaiaיְהוּדָהyehudah
Judea is the land where Bethlehem is located, the town where Jesus was born during the time of King Herod. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and there the Jews sought to kill Jesus (Matthew 2:1).
Pilate, Roman governor of Judea, questioned Jesus and found no guilt in him, but, pressured by the crowd, released Barabbas and delivered Jesus to be crucified (Matthew 27:24).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Galilee is the land of Nazareth and Cana, from where Jesus came to be baptized by John in the Jordan and from where crowds and women followed him (Mark 1:9).