Mar 15:43 | RWP | e4.org | A councillor of honourable estate ( ευσχημων βουλευτης ). A senator or member of the Sanhedrin of high standing, rich ( ). Looking for the Kingdom of God ( ην προσδεχομενος την βασιλειαν του θεου ). Periphrastic imperfect. Also . The very verb used by Luke of Simeon and Anna ( , ). calls him "Jesus' disciple" while adds "secretly for fear of the Jews." He had evidently taken no public stand for Jesus before now. Boldly ( τολμησας ). Aorist (ingressive) active participle, becoming bold. It is the glory of Joseph and Nicodemus, secret disciples of Jesus, that they took a bold stand when the rest were in terror and dismay. That is love psychology, paradoxical as it may seem.

‏ Mark 15:43

A councillor of honourable estate ( ευσχημων βουλευτης ). A senator or member of the Sanhedrin of high standing, rich (Mt 27:57).

Looking for the Kingdom of God ( ην προσδεχομενος την βασιλειαν του θεου ). Periphrastic imperfect. Also Lu 23:51. The very verb used by Luke of Simeon and Anna (Lu 2:25, 38). Mt 27:57 calls him "Jesus' disciple" while Joh 19:38 adds "secretly for fear of the Jews." He had evidently taken no public stand for Jesus before now.

Boldly ( τολμησας ). Aorist (ingressive) active participle, becoming bold. It is the glory of Joseph and Nicodemus, secret disciples of Jesus, that they took a bold stand when the rest were in terror and dismay. That is love psychology, paradoxical as it may seem.