Luke 23 · Verse 50

Luke 23:50

And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
Luke 23:50, King James Version

Luke 23:50 in other translations

BSBNow there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,
WEBBehold, there was a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man
ASVAnd behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good and righteous man
YLTAnd lo, a man, by name Joseph, being a counsellor, a man good and righteous,
DARBYAnd behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good man and a just
BBENow there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man
WebsterAnd behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counselor: and he was a good man, and a just:

What does Luke 23:50 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 50. Mt 27:57, also Mt 27:58-61 Mk 15:42, also Mk 15:43-47.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 50 Joseph of Arimathea - See the notes on Mat 27:57-60 (note), and those especially on Mar 15:43 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 23:50-56
Many, though they do not make any show in outward profession, yet, like Joseph of Arimathea, will be far more ready to do real service, when there is occasion, than others who make a greater noise. Christ was buried in haste, because the sabbath drew on. Weeping must not hinder sowing. Though they were in tears for the death of their Lord, yet they must prepare to keep holy the sabbath. When the sabbath draws on, there must be preparation. Our worldly affairs must be so ordered, that they may not hinder us from our sabbath work; and our holy affections so stirred up, that they may carry us on in it. In whatever business we engage, or however our hearts may be affected, let us never fail to get ready for, and to keep holy, the day of sacred rest, which is the Lord's day.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Luke 23:50 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
ἰδοὺidoubeholdG2400
ἀνὴρanēra manG435
ὀνόματιonomatinamedG3686
ἸωσὴφIōsēphJosephG2501
βουλευτὴςbouleutēsa Council memberG1010
ὑπάρχων,huparchōnbeingG5225
ἀνὴρanēra manG435
ἀγαθὸςagathosgoodG18
καὶkaiandG2532
δίκαιος·dikaiosrighteous;G1342

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 23:50

  • John 19:38-42

    And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. …

  • Acts 11:24

    For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

  • Acts 10:22

    And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.

  • Acts 10:2

    A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

  • Mark 15:42-47

    And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. …

  • Matthew 27:57-61

    When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. …

  • Luke 2:25

    And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
there.
Mt 27:57,58; Mr 15:42-45; Joh 19:38
a good.
2:25; Ac 10:2,22; 11:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 23:49

    And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

  • Luke 23:50

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

  • Luke 23:51

    (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

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Luke 23:50 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y he aquí un varón llamado José, el cual era senador, varón bueno y justo,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et voici, un homme nommé Joseph, qui était conseiller, homme de bien et juste
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und siehe, ein Mann, mit Namen Joseph, der ein Ratsherr war, ein guter und gerechter Mann,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ecce vir nomine Joseph, qui erat decurio, vir bonus et justus: