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Who was Joseph of Arimathea? How was he involved in Jesus’ death? What role does he play in establishing Jesus’ resurrection?
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He was a member of the Sanhedrin, the very ones before whom Jesus was first taken after His arrest. Joseph requested the body of Jesus after His crucifixion to be buried in Joseph’s personal tomb and he could attest to the secure seal of the tomb when Jesus was buried.
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Joseph pf Arimathea was a wealthy man who gave a rich man’s tomb for Jesus to be buried in. Because the tomb had to have a stone rolled in front of it, the fact that the stone was rolled away (it would be impossible to do it from the inside and too heavy for the women to roll away) it confirms that something supernatural occured.
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Joseph of Arimathea was a member of the Sanhedrin, who also was not convinced of Jesus’ guilt. He the as an act of compassion, with the assistance of Nicodemus, requested the body of Christ, to bury Him in his own hewn grave.
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Joseph of Arimathea was a part of the Sanhedrin. He was willing to step forward and claim Jesus’ body from the cross and bury Him in a new tomb. This tomb would have been well known because Joseph was well known. The grave is now empty. This would have been easy to find out at that time! He was not a fictional character as we have Joseph’s “resume” within the Scripture.
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Joseph was part of the Sanhedrin and most likely a follower of Jesus. He asked Pilate for Jesus’ body in order to place it in his family’s tomb. He knew that Jesus was truly dead as he was there at the burial. He also could provide witness testimony to the resurrection as he could prove that Jesus was no longer in his family’s tomb.