Matthew 27:57

Matthew 27:57 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:
• New International Version (NIV)As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

Context of Matthew 27:57

55There were also many women there looking on from a distance, who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him. 56Among them was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and [Salome] the mother of Zebedee’s sons [James and John]. When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. 58He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus [so that he might bury Him], and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth (burial wrapping),

Matthew 27:57 word by word

Ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης ἦλθεν ἄνθρωπος πλούσιος ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας, τοὔνομα Ἰωσήφ, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἐμαθητεύθη τῷ Ἰησοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whenδέde · thenG1161
• the evenὀψίαopsios · eveningG3798
• was comeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• there cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• a richπλούσιοςplousios · richG4145
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• ArimatheaἈριμαθαίαArimathaia · ArimatheaG707
• namedτοὔνομαtounoma · by nameG5122
• JosephἸωσήφIōsēph · JosephG2501
• whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• himselfαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• wasμαθητεύωmathēteuō · to discipleG3100
• Jesus’ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Jesus’ἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424

Cross-references for Matthew 27:57

• Mark 15:42When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
• Luke 23:50A man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), a good and honorable man
• John 19:38And after this, Joseph of Arimathea—a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews—asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away His body.
• 1 Samuel 1:1There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, named Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
• 1 Samuel 7:17Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there; and there he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

Commentaries on Matthew 27:57

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 57When the even - This must have been about three o'clock, or a little after; for our Lord having expired about three o'clock, Matthew 27:46, and the Jewish passover beginning about four, it was necessary that Joseph, who would not fail to eat the passover at the usual time, should have obtained and buried the body of Christ some time before four o'clock. But such was the general consternation, occasioned by the prodigies that took place on this most awful…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 57When the even was come - That is, some time after three o‘clock in the afternoon. Before this, the Jews had besought Pilate that the legs of those who were crucified might be broken and the bodies be taken down, that they might not remain on the cross during the Sabbath. The soldiers, coming to Jesus for that purpose, found that he was already dead, contrary to their expectation. A soldier, however, thrust a spear into his side, and there was furnished…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 57-61Verses 57-61 In the burial of Christ was nothing of pomp or solemnity. As Christ had not a house of his own, wherein to lay his head, while he lived, so he had not a grave of his own, wherein to lay his body, when he was dead. Our Lord Jesus, who had no sin of his own, had no grave of his own. The Jews designed that he should have made his grave with the wicked, should have been buried with the thieves with whom he was crucified, but God overruled it, so…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 27:57

• Arimathea
• Friendship
• Jesus, the Christ
• Joseph
• Love
• Pilate, Pontius
• Rich, the

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Accusation
• Arimathea
• Burial
• Humiliation of Christ
• Joseph
• Notable
• Plat
• Seal

Commentaries on Matthew 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings