Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man,

有一个人名叫约瑟，是个议士，为人善良公义；

有一个人名叫约瑟，是个议员，为人善良正直，

有一个人名叫约瑟，是个议员，为人善良正直，

有一位名叫约瑟的公会议员心地善良、为人正直，

有一个人名叫约瑟，是个议员，为人良善公义，

当时，有一个名叫约瑟的人，是犹太议会中的议员，为人公义良善。

有一個人名叫約瑟，是個議士，為人善良公義；

有一個人名叫約瑟，是個議員，為人善良正直，

有一個人名叫約瑟，是個議員，為人善良正直，

有一位名叫約瑟的公會議員心地善良、為人正直，

有一個人名叫約瑟，是個議員，為人良善公義，

有一個人名叫約瑟，是個議員，是良善正義的人。

當時，有一個名叫約瑟的人，是猶太議會中的議員，為人公義良善。

有約瑟者、議士也、為人善且義、

有人名約瑟、議士也、為人仁義、

有一人名約瑟、議士也、為人善且義、

有議士名若瑟者、猶太亞利瑪大人也、為人愷悌正直、平生企盼天主之國、

A man named Joseph was a member of the Jewish Council. He was a good and honest man.

Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,

Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish high council,

There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,

And a man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council, a good and righteous man

Now behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good and just man.

And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good and righteous man

There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,

And, behold,[ there was] a man named Joseph, a counsellor;[ and he was] a good man, and a just:

Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.

Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

It was Preparation Day( that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached,Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph.So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.

The men replied,“ We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God- fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.”

He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly.

As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus.Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away.He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.