Mark 15:43 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. ”

• Mark 15:43 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Joseph, an honorable counselor - A distinguished man, who probably held a high office among the Jews, as one of their great council, or a Jewish senator. The word “honorable,” here, is not a mere...

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• Mark 15:43 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Joseph of Arimathaea, an (d) honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in (e) boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. (d) A man of great authority, of...

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• Mark 15:43 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Burial of Jesus. Deuteronomy 21:23 enjoined the burial of dead criminals before nightfall ( cf. Josephus, Wars, IV, v.2). The day of the Crucifixion being the preparation for the Sabbath,...

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• Mark 15:43 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  of . he from. Greek. ho apo. App-104. honourable . honourable (in rank), as in Acts 13:50 ; Acts 17:12 . counsellor . A member of the Sanhedrin. See Luke 23:51 . which also waited . who h...

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• Mark 15:43 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Mark 15:43 , and Luke 23:51 . Who also himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. The highest commendation bestowed on Joseph is, that he waited for the kingdom of God. He is likewise praised...

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• Mark 15:43 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counseller, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. Went in boldly unto Pilate - He who was a...

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• Mark 15:43 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 27:51-56 ; and at John 19:31-42 .

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• Mark 15:43 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Trial Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1-15. Trial before Pilate ( Matthew 27:1 ; Matthew 27:11 ; Luke 23:1 ; Luke 23:13 ; John 18:28 ). See on Mt and Jn. For the trial before Herod see on...

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• Mark 15:43 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (39-47) See Notes on Matthew 27:54-61 .

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• Mark 15:43 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a King upon His Cross Mark 15:22-47 Our Lord refused to drink the potion prepared by the women of Jerusalem, in order to stupefy those who were crucified and so deaden the sense of pain, becaus...

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• Mark 15:43 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This chapter is one of those that needs little explanation and must ever be read in awe and reverence. Pilate represented the Roman empire, which attempted to secure itself by its ordinary methods of...

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• Mark 15:43 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (42) And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation; that is, the day before the sabbath, (43) Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God...

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• Mark 15:43 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor ,.... A man of a good aspect, well dressed, and that behaved well and honourably in his office, as a counsellor: he seems to have been a priest, and one...

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• Mark 15:43 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. Ver. 43. Went in boldly unto Pilate ]...

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• Mark 15:43 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And now , &c. Και ηδη οψιας γενομενης, And the evening being now come. The word οψιας, answering to evening , is used with some latitude in Scripture. The Jews spoke of two evenings, (see not...

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• Mark 15:43 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Burial of Christ; The Women at the Sepulchre.       42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the d...

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• Mark 15:43 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Mark 15:42 "

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• Mark 15:43 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Laying Jesus To Rest (15:40-47). The women who had ministered to Jesus and His disciples were gathered at the cross. It is impossible to imagine the feelings in their hearts as they saw the figure...

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• Mark 15:43 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 15:43 . Went in boldly .— Took courage and went in . MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 15:42-47 (PARALLELS: Matthew 27:57-61 ; Luke 23:50-56 .)...

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• Mark 15:43 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Mark 15:43 The Sanhedrim of Jerusalem consisted of seventy members, of whom twenty-four were the heads of the Priesthood, twenty-four were heads of the tribes of Israel, representing the laity, an...

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• Mark 15:43 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Concerning the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, we shall read in three portions of the New Testament. First, in the Gospel according to Mark, the fifteenth chapter, beginning at the thirty-fourth vers...

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• Mark 15:43 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Mark 15:1 . Straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. Συνεδριν, the whole sanhedrim, consisting of seventy, but which must...

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• Mark 15:43 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor. The crisis in Joseph’s life The record of spiritual progress through many years is given here. Long looking for the promised Saviour, almost conv...

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• Mark 15:43 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Mark 15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and d...

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• Mark 15:43 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The burial of Jesus:

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• Mark 15:43 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 4:8-13 ; Luke 2:25 ; Luke 2:38 ; Luke 23:51 ; Mark 10:23-27 ; Mark 14:54 ; Mark 14:66 ; Matthew 19:30 ; Matthew 20:16 ; Philippians 1:14

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• Mark 15:43 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Honourable — A man of character and reputation: A counsellor — A member of the sanhedrim. Who waited for the kingdom of God — Who expected to see it set up on earth. Matthew 27:57 ; Luke 23:50 ;...

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