SEV Biblia, Chapter 27:57
¶ Cuando lleg la tarde del día, vino un hombre rico de Arimatea, llamado Jos, el cual tambin había sido discípulo de Jess.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:57
Verse 57. When the even] This must have been about three o'clock, or a little after; for our Lord having expired about three o'clock, ver. 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 occasion, that we may safely conjecture that nothing was done in order, and perhaps the passover itself was not eaten at the usual hour, if at all, that day. See at the end of the preceding chapter.
A rich man] He was a counsellor of the great Sanhedrin, Luke xxiii. 50; and, from the accounts given of him by the evangelists we learn that he was a man of the greatest respectability. He now acted a more honourable part than all the disciples of our Lord. He was of Arimathea, or Rama, in the tribe of Benjamin, Matthew ii. 18, but lived ordinarily in Jerusalem, as being a member of the great council.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 57. When the even was come , etc.] The second evening, when it was just at sunset; at which time the Jewish sabbath began, and when the bodies of those that were crucified, must be taken down; and if not dead, their bones must be broken, and they dispatched, in order to be interred in the common burying place of malefactors: there came a rich man Arimathea : not from thence now, for he lived at Jerusalem; but this was the place of his nativity, or former abode, and from whence he originally came; and is the same with Ramathaim Zophim, and Ramah, and was the birthplace of Samuel the prophet, ( 1 Samuel 1:1,19), and is by the Septuagint called Armathaim, in ( 1 Samuel 1:1,3,19 8:4 15:34 16:13 28:3). His character, as a rich man, is particularly mentioned, not merely to show that such men may be, and sometimes are, instances of the grace of God; much less in a way of boasting, that such a man was attached to Jesus; but rather to point out the reason, how he came to have such easy access to Pilate, and to succeed in his business with him; as well as to observe the accomplishment of a prophecy, in ( Isaiah 53:9), named Joseph ; the same name with one of the patriarchs, the sons of Jacob; between whom there was a resemblance, not only as good men, but in their observance of funeral rites and obsequies; the one in those of his father, the other in those of his dear Lord and Master. Some think he is the same with Joseph ben Gorion, the brother of Nicodemus ben Gorion, often spoken of as a priest, and one of the richest of them in Jerusalem: who also himself was Jesus disciple ; though he was only a secret one, as Nicodemus was: he had not as yet, or till now publicly professed him, for fear of the Jews, who had made a law, that whoever did, should be cast out of the synagogue; (see John 19:38).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 57-61 - In the burial of Christ was nothing of pomp or solemnity. As Christ ha 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 that he should make it with the rich in his death, Isa 53:9. And although to the eye of man the beholding a funera may cause terror, yet if we remember how Christ by his burial ha changed the nature of the grave to believers, it should make u rejoice. And we are ever to imitate Christ's burial in being continually occupied in the spiritual burial of our sins.
Greek Textus Receptus
οψιας 3798 A-GSF δε 1161 CONJ γενομενης 1096 5637 V-2ADP-GSF ηλθεν 2064 5627 V-2AAI-3S ανθρωπος 444 N-NSM πλουσιος 4145 A-NSM απο 575 PREP αριμαθαιας 707 N-GSF τουνομα 5122 ADV-C ιωσηφ 2501 N-PRI ος 3739 R-NSM και 2532 CONJ αυτος 846 P-NSM εμαθητευσεν 3100 5656 V-AAI-3S τω 3588 T-DSM ιησου 2424 N-DSM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
57. When even was come. The Hebrews reckoned two evenings, an earlier and a later. The former began midway between noon and sunset, or at three o'clock in the afternoon. The latter began at sunset, six o'clock. The reference here is to the earlier evening, though the time may have been well on toward the beginning of the later. The preparations had to be hurried because the Sabbath would begin at sunset.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
27:57 {And when even was come} (oyias de genomenes). It was the Preparation (paraskeue), the day before the sabbath (#Mr 15:42; Lu 23:54; Joh 31:42). paraskeue is the name in modern Greek today for Friday. The Jews were anxious that these bodies should be taken down before the sabbath began at 6 P.M. The request of Joseph of Arimathea for the body of Jesus was a relief to Pilate and to the Jews also. We know little about this member of the Sanhedrin save his name Joseph, his town Arimathea, that he was rich, a secret disciple, and had not agreed to the death of Jesus. Probably he now wished that he had made an open profession. But he has courage now when others are cowardly and asked for the personal privilege (itsato, middle voice, asked for himself) of placing the body of Jesus in his new tomb. Some today identify this tomb with one of the rock tombs now visible under Gordon's Calvary. It was a mournful privilege and dignity that came to Joseph and Nicodemus (#Joh 19:39-41) as they wrapped the body of Jesus in clean linen cloth and with proper spices placed it in this fresh (kain"i) tomb in which no body had yet been placed. It was cut in the rock (elatomsen) for his own body, but now it was for Jesus. But now (verse #60) he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and departed. That was for safety. But two women had watched the sad and lonely ceremony, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary (mother of James and Joseph). They were sitting opposite and looking in silence.
