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

55Many women were there watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee and had always supported him. 56Among them were Mary from Magdala, Mary (the mother of James and Joseph), and the mother of Zebedee’s sons. In the evening a rich man named Joseph arrived. He was from the city of Arimathea and had become a disciple of Jesus. 58He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth.

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 15:42It was Friday evening, before the day of rest—a holy day,
• Luke 23:50There was a good man who had God’s approval. His name was Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish council,
• John 19:38Later Joseph from the city of Arimathea asked Pilate to let him remove Jesus’ body. (Joseph was a disciple of Jesus but secretly because he was afraid of the Jews). Pilate gave him permission to remove Jesus’ body. So Joseph removed it.
• 1 Samuel 1:1There was a man named Elkanah from Ramathaim Zophim in the mountains of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, grandson of Elihu, great-grandson of Tohu, whose father was Zuph from the tribe of Ephraim.
• 1 Samuel 7:17Then he would return home to Ramah. There, too, he judged Israel. And in Ramah 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

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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