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Arimathea

“a lion dead to the Lord” Hitchcock's 18694 mentions in 4 books, most in Matthew (1)

Where it is

AnaniahMozahMozahAtarothAtarothSecuSecuAkeldamaAkeldamaManahathManahathArimatheaabout 27 km across

31.83° N, 35.18° E · Located through Mizpah · ?

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Mentioned most in

Matthew · 1Mark · 1Luke · 1John · 1
Counted from 4 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

4 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Matthew 1 mention

Matthew 27:57When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus’ disciple, came.

Mark 1 mention

Mark 15:43Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.

Luke 1 mention

Luke 23:50Behold, there was a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

John 1 mention

John 19:38After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission. He…

What the dictionary says

A “city of the Jews” (Luke 23:51), the birth-place of Joseph in whose sepulchre our Lord was laid (Matt. 27:57, 60; John 19:38).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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