YOSEFI WA KU ARIMATIYA waziŵanga cha kuti wangachita wuli kuti wakakumani ndi nduna ya Aroma. Pontiyo Pilato waziŵikanga kuti wenga wakusuzga ukongwa. Kweni kuti Yesu waŵikiki mwa ulemu, munthu munyaki wakhumbikanga kupempha thupi laki kwaku Pontiyo Pilato . Yosefi waŵanaŵananga kuti kuŵengi kwakusuzga kuchikumana ndi Pilato kweni ndimu venge cha. Wati wavwa kutuliya kwa msilikali kuti Yesu wafwa, Pilato wanguzomerezga Yosefi kuti wakato thupi laku Yesu. Chinanga kuti Yosefi wenga ndi chitima, wanguluta kumalu ngo Yesu angumubayiya.—Marko 15:42-45.

YUMOZA WA MUWUPU WA SANIHEDIRINI

Uthenga wamampha waku Marko ukamba kuti Yosefi wenga “wakuziŵika umampha wa mu Mphara Yikulu ya Milandu.” Mphara Yikulu ya milandu yo yikambika yapa, ndi Sanihedirini lo lenga khoti likulu la Ayuda ndipuso wupu wo walongozganga. (Marko 15:1, 43) Chifukwa chakuti Yosefi wenga yumoza wa muwupu wa mphala ya marangu, penga pambula kusuzga kuchikumana ndi Pilato. Mwaviyo, vakuziziswa cha kuti Yosefi wenga wakukhupuka.—Mat. 27:57.

Wupu wa Sanihedirini wamutinkhanga ukongwa Yesu. Wupu wenuwu wapenjanga nthowa yakuti umubayiyi. Kweni Bayibolu likamba kuti Yosefi wenga “munthu wamampha kweniso murunji.” (Luka 23:50) Mwakupambana ndi arara anandi a mu wupu wa Sanihedirini, iyu wachitanga vinthu mwa uneneska, wenga ndi mijalidu yamampha ndipu wayesesanga kuvwiya marangu ngaku Chiuta. Yosefi “walindizganga Ufumu waku Chiuta,” vo vilongo chifukwa cho wangujaliya wakusambira waku Yesu. (Marko 15:43; Mat. 27:57) Panyaki Yosefi wayanjanga uthenga waku Yesu chifukwa chakuti wakhumbanga urunji ndipuso uneneska.

WANGUCHITA MANTHA CHA

Yesu wati wafwa, Yosefi wangulongo kuti wengavi mantha ndipu wanguwovya akusambira aku Yesu. Vo wanguchita vikambika pa Marko 15:43 kuti: “Iyu wanguchita chiganga kuluta kwaku Pilato kuchipempha thupi laku Yesu.”