Matthew 27:57
Good News Translation
When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea arrived; his name was Joseph, and he also was a disciple of Jesus.

New Revised Standard Version
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

Contemporary English Version
That evening a rich disciple named Joseph from the town of Arimathea

New American Bible
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who was himself a disciple of Jesus.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.

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Mark 15:42,43 And when evening was now come (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath), . . .

Luke 23:50,51 And behold there was a man named Joseph who was a counsellor, a good and a just man, . . .

John 19:38-42 And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was 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 leave. He came therefore and took away the body of Jesus. . . .

Arimathea.

1 Samuel 1:1 There was a man of Ramathaimsophim, of Mount Ephraim, and his name was Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliu, the son of Thohu, the son of Suph, an Ephraimite:

1 Samuel 7:17 And he returned to Ramatha: for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.

Context
The Burial of Jesus
56Among whom was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. 57And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus. 58He went to Pilate and asked the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be delivered.…
Cross References
Isaiah 53:9
And he shall give the ungodly for his burial, and the rich for his death: because he hath done no iniquity, neither was there deceit in his mouth.

Matthew 27:58
He went to Pilate and asked the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be delivered.

Mark 15:42
And when evening was now come (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath),

Mark 15:43
Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus.

Luke 23:50
And behold there was a man named Joseph who was a counsellor, a good and a just man,

John 19:38
And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was 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 leave. He came therefore and took away the body of Jesus.

Acts 13:29
And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, taking him down from the tree, they laid him in a sepulchre.

Matthew 27:56
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