JOSEPH MAN LONG ARIMATHEA. Hem sorre tumas taem Jesus dae and hem laek for tekem body bilong Jesus for go berem. Bat hem fraet for askem Pontius Pilate, bigman bilong Rome. Hem savve finis Pilate hem man wea no laek followim idea bilong eniwan. Nomata olsem, Joseph barava laek for berem Jesus long wanfala gudfala ples, so hem mas no fraet for ask. Firstaem, Joseph tingse bae hem hard tumas for hem go story witim Pilate, bat taem hem go, hem no hard nomoa. Bihaen Pilate askem wanfala soldia for faendaot sapos Jesus dae finis, hem letem Joseph for tekem body bilong Jesus. So Joseph kwiktaem go long ples wea olketa hangem Jesus and tekem body bilong hem.—Mark 15:42-45.

HEM MEMBER BILONG HAE KOT BILONG OLKETA JEW

Gospel bilong Mark storyim Joseph hem “wanfala member bilong Hae Kot bilong olketa Jew.” Datfala Hae Kot hem minim Sanhedrin, wea garem paoa saed long community, gavman, and religion. (Mark 15:1, 43) So Joseph hem wanfala leader, dastawe hem fit for go story witim bigman bilong Rome. And tu, Joseph hem wanfala rich man.—Matt. 27:57.

Olketa Sanhedrin barava heitim Jesus and olketa plan for killim dae Jesus. Bat “Joseph hem gudfala man and hem raeteous tu.” (Luke 23:50) Hem no olsem staka narawan long Sanhedrin. Hem honest, garem gudfala wei, and traem best for obeyim olketa law bilong God. And hem wanfala long olketa wea ‘weitim Kingdom bilong God for kam,’ dastawe hem kamap wanfala disaepol bilong Jesus. (Mark 15:43; Matt. 27:57) Luk olsem, hem laekem samting Jesus teachim bikos hem tinghae long samting wea tru and stret.

HEM NO HOL BAK FOR DISAED

Bihaen Jesus dae, Joseph no hol bak nao and hem disaed for sapotim olketa disaepol bilong Jesus. Long Mark 15:43 hem sei: ‘Nomata hem fraet lelebet for go long Pilate, hem go long hem and ask for body bilong Jesus.’