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Joseph of Arimathea
A wealthy council member and secret disciple who provided his own tomb for Jesus’ burial.
A respected member of the council who was waiting for the kingdom of God, Joseph boldly asked Pilate for Jesus’ body.
He laid Jesus in his own new tomb, fulfilling Isaiah’s words that the Messiah would be ‘with the rich in his death.’
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