Joseph Of Arimathea

Portrait by Pietro Perugino

Joseph of Arimathea (or Arimathea by translations) is a character in the New Testament.

In the Gospel text, Joseph of Arimathea is a member of the Sanhedrin secretly converted to the teachings of Christ. It appears for the first time after the crucifixion , when he asked Pontius Pilate 's permission to take the body of Jesus. Then he buried in his own tomb, carved in rock.

It is a holy Christian celebrated March 17 in West and July 31 in the East.

According to a legend Later, he collected the blood of Christ in a vase, the Holy Grail (the Holy Grail in the Arthurian cycle ).

The term used in the text Greek Matthew is , Arimathaia. That of the Bible Septuagint ^{The Gospels}

The translation used here is the canon Augustin Crampon , Descle and Co., 1923.

Gospel of John 19

• 38. After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus , but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to remove the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him leave. He came and took away his body.
• 39. Nicodemus , who had come to him precent night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes , about a hundred pounds.
• 40. They took the body of Jesus and surrounded him with strips of aromatics , in the manner of burial custom of the Jews.
• 41. But instead he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb where no one had yet been laid.
• 42. That, by reason of Preparation of the Jews, the tomb is near, they put Jesus.

Gospel according to Luke 23

• 50. And then a man named Joseph, who was a member of the board, good and righteous man,
• 51. - He had not given his assent to their resolution or their act - of Arimathea, a Jewish town, waiting for the kingdom of God,
• 52. this (man) went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus;
• 53. he took it down, wrapped in a shroud and laid in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
• 54. It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath began.
• 55. Having followed (Joseph), women who had come from Galilee with (Jesus) regarded the tomb and how his body (y) had been filed.
• 56. Went home, and prepared spices and perfumes, and during the Sabbath, they remained quiet, according to the commandment.

Gospel of Mark 15

• 42. The evening had already come, as was preparation, that is to say before the Sabbath,
• 43. Joseph of Arimathea came, honored member of the grand council, who was waiting, too, the kingdom of God. He went boldly to Pilate to claim the body of Jesus.
• 44. But Pilate wondered if he was already dead, and summoning the centurion, and asked him if he was long dead.
• 45. Informed by the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
• 46. Having bought a shroud, he took it down, wrapped in the linen shroud and laid in a tomb which was carved into the rock and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
• 47. Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses watched where it was deposited.

Gospel according to Matthew 27

• 57. In the evening, came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also became a disciple of Jesus.
• 58. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, Pilate then ordered him handed him.
• 59. Joseph took the body, wrapped in a white shroud,
• 60. and laid him in his new tomb which he had hewn in the rock, then rolled a large stone at the entrance of the sepulcher, and departed.
• 61. Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

Excerpt from an apocryphal text

The Gospel of Nicodemus is a text composed in Greek during the ^fourth century AD, which is not part of the New Testament.

Here is the excerpt concerning Joseph of Arimathea:

Entombment St. Thgonnec
Christ lying around, are, from left to right: Nicodemus , St. Veronica holding the veil of the Holy Face, Virgin Mary , St. John , an angel holding the chalice of the Passion and Joseph of Arimathea.
In the foreground stand kneeling Mary Salome and Mary Magdalene

11.3 There came a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, he was of Arimathea and he had faith in the kingdom of God. He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. Then he got down from the cross, wrapped in a shroud all white, and placed in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no one had yet been laid.

12.1 When they learned that Joseph had begged the body of Jesus, the Jews sought him The character Arthurian

The figure of Joseph of Arimathea was introduced into the Arthurian cycle by Robert de Boron in his novel in verse Estoire pain Grail and Joseph of Arimathea, written between 1190 and 1199 , stored in a single manuscript. ^References

See also

• Holy Sepulchre
• Shroud

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