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AICNT Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself waiting for the kingdom of God, came and boldly went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
OEB Joseph from Arimathea, a councillor of good position, who was himself living in expectation of the kingdom of God, came and ventured to go in to see Pilate, and to ask for the body of Jesus.
WEBBE Joseph 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.
WMBB Joseph 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 Yeshua’s body.
NET Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
LSV Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, who also himself was waiting for the Kingdom of God, came, boldly entered in to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
FBV Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the governing council who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, had the courage to go to Pilate and ask for Jesus' body.
TCNT Joseph of Arimathea, a respected council member, who was himself also waiting for the kingdom of God, came and boldly went in before Pilate to ask for Jesus' body.
T4T When evening was near, a man named Joseph from Arimathea town came there. He was a member of the Jewish council, one whom everyone respected. He was also one of those who had been waiting expectantly for the time when God would send his king to begin to rule. He knew that, according to Jewish law, people’s bodies had to be buried {someone had to bury people’s bodies} on the day they died. He also realized that it was the day when people prepared things for ◄the Jewish day of rest/the Sabbath►, and that the Sabbath would start when the sun set. So he became courageous and went to Pilate and asked Pilate to permit him to take the body of Jesus down from the cross and bury it immediately.
LEB Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the council who was also himself looking forward to[fn] the kingdom of God, came acting courageously and[fn] went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
BBE There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.
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Wymth Joseph of Arimathaea came, a highly respected member of the Council, who himself also was living in expectation of the Kingdom of God. He summoned up courage to go in to see Pilate and beg for the body of Jesus.
ASV there came Joseph of Arimathæa, a councillor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
DRA Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
YLT Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who also himself was waiting for the reign of God, came, boldly entered in unto Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus.
Drby Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable councillor, who also himself was awaiting the kingdom of [fn]God, coming, emboldened himself and went in to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus.
RV there came Joseph of Arimathaea, a councillor of honourable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
Wbstr Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly to Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
KJB-1769 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
(Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable council/counselor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. )
KJB-1611 Ioseph of Arimathea, an honourable counseller, which also waited for the kingdome of God, came, and went in boldly vnto Pilate, and craued the body of Iesus.
(Yoseph of Arimathea, an honourable council/counseler, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craued the body of Yesus/Yeshua.)
Bshps Ioseph of the citie of Aramathia, a noble councellour, which also loked for the kyngdome of God, came, and went in boldely vnto Pilate, and begged of hym the body of Iesu.
(Yoseph of the city of Aramathia, a noble council/counselour, which also looked for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldely unto Pilate, and begged of him the body of Yesu.)
Gnva Ioseph of Arimathea, an honorable counsellour, which also looked for the kingdome of God, came, and went in boldly vnto Pilate, and asked the body of Iesus.
(Yoseph of Arimathea, an honorable council/counselour, which also looked for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and asked the body of Yesus/Yeshua. )
Cvdl there came one Ioseph of Arimathia, a worshipfull Senatoure (which loked also for the kyngdome of God) & wete in boldely vnto Pilate, & axed ye body of Iesus.
(there came one Yoseph of Arimathia, a worshipfull Senatoure (which looked also for the kingdom of God) and went in boldely unto Pilate, and asked ye/you_all body of Yesus/Yeshua.)
TNT Ioseph of Arimathia a noble councelour which also loked for the kyngdome of God came and went in booldly vnto Pylate and begged the boddy of Iesu.
(Yoseph of Arimathia a noble council/counselour which also looked for the kingdom of God came and went in booldly unto Pylate and begged the body of Yesu. )
Wycl Joseph of Armathie, the noble decurioun, cam, and he abood the rewme of God; and booldli he entride to Pilat, and axide the bodi of Jhesu.
(Yoseph of Armathie, the noble decurioun, came, and he abood the realm of God; and booldli he entered to Pilat, and asked the body of Yhesu.)
Luth kam Joseph von Arimathia, ein ehrbarer Ratsherr, welcher auch auf das Reich Gottes wartete; der wagte es und ging hinein zu Pilatus und bat um den Leichnam JEsu.
(kam Yoseph from Arimathia, a ehrbarer Ratsherr, which also on the kingdom God’s wartete; the/of_the wagte it and went hinein to Pilatus and bat around/by/for the Leichnam YEsu.)
ClVg venit Joseph ab Arimathæa nobilis decurio, qui et ipse erat exspectans regnum Dei, et audacter introivit ad Pilatum, et petiit corpus Jesu.[fn]
(venit Yoseph away Arimathæa nobilis decurio, who and exactly_that/himself was exspectans kingdom of_God, and audacter introivit to Pilatum, and petiit body Yesu. )
UGNT ἐλθὼν Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας, εὐσχήμων βουλευτής, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν προσδεχόμενος τὴν Βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ; τολμήσας, εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς τὸν Πειλᾶτον καὶ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
(elthōn Yōsaʸf ho apo Harimathaias, eusⱪaʸmōn bouleutaʸs, hos kai autos aʸn prosdeⱪomenos taʸn Basileian tou Theou; tolmaʸsas, eisaʸlthen pros ton Peilaton kai aʸtaʸsato to sōma tou Yaʸsou.)
SBL-GNT ⸀ἐλθὼν Ἰωσὴφ ⸀ὁ ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας εὐσχήμων βουλευτής, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν προσδεχόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, τολμήσας εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς ⸀τὸν Πιλᾶτον καὶ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
(⸀elthōn Yōsaʸf ⸀ho apo Harimathaias eusⱪaʸmōn bouleutaʸs, hos kai autos aʸn prosdeⱪomenos taʸn basileian tou theou, tolmaʸsas eisaʸlthen pros ⸀ton Pilaton kai aʸtaʸsato to sōma tou Yaʸsou.)
TC-GNT [fn]ἦλθεν Ἰωσὴφ [fn]ὁ ἀπὸ Ἀριμαθαίας, εὐσχήμων βουλευτής, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν προσδεχόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ· τολμήσας εἰσῆλθε πρὸς [fn]Πιλάτον, καὶ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
(aʸlthen Yōsaʸf ho apo Arimathaias, eusⱪaʸmōn bouleutaʸs, hos kai autos aʸn prosdeⱪomenos taʸn basileian tou Theou; tolmaʸsas eisaʸlthe pros Pilaton, kai aʸtaʸsato to sōma tou Yaʸsou. )
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UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: writing-participants
ἐλθὼν Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας, εὐσχήμων βουλευτής, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν προσδεχόμενος τὴν Βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ; τολμήσας, εἰσῆλθεν
/having/_come Joseph ¬which from Arimathea /a/_prominent Council_member who also himself was waiting_for the Kingdom ¬the ˱of˲_God /having/_taken_courage came_in
Here Mark introduces Joseph as a new participant in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “a man from Arimathea came. He was named Joseph, and he was a respected member of the council who also himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. Having dared, he entered in”
Note 2 topic: translate-names
Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας
Joseph ¬which from Arimathea
The word Joseph is the name of a man, and the word Arimathea is the name of the city he was from.
Note 3 topic: writing-background
εὐσχήμων βουλευτής
/a/_prominent Council_member
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: “an honorable member of the council” or “a member of the council whom others thought highly of,”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns
ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν
who also himself was
Mark uses the word himself to emphasize that Joseph was one of the people who was waiting for the kingdom of God. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this emphasis. Alternate translation: “who, he too, was” or “who indeed also was”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / go
ἐλθὼν
/having/_come
In a context such as this, your language might say “gone” instead of come. Alternate translation: “having gone”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ
requested the body ¬the ˱of˲_Jesus
The reason that Joseph asked Pilate for the body of Jesus was so that he could bury it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “asked for the body of Jesus so that he could bury it”
