JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA Definition & Meaning

Joseph of Arimathea

[ joh-zuhf uhv ar-uh-muh-they-uh, -suhf ]

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(in the Bible) a member of the Sanhedrin who placed the body of Jesus in the tomb.

Joseph of Arimathea

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noun

Saint Joseph of Arimathea
New Testament a wealthy member of the Sanhedrin, who obtained the body of Jesus after the Crucifixion and laid it in his own tomb (Matthew 27:57–60). Feast day: Mar 17 or July 31

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Rutz, the managing director, whose family has been in town since the 1633 vow, and who this year plays Joseph of Arimathea, said change has become its own tradition.

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Holy Saturday marks Jesus' burial in a tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea.

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Lancelot is a Judean assassin who studied kung fu under martial-arts master Joseph of Arimathea.

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Cage said the water tasted like blood, just as the story of Joseph of Arimathea says.

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But in the churches of Venice I found a use for them, I could read the paintings for R., or not the paintings but the stories they told: Joseph of Arimathea, Mary and Martha, Sebastian nursing his arrows.

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