JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA� ENDNOTES OF SCHOLARLY SOURCES

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[1]� �������� THE BIBLE, EXODUS 39:22,26; NUMBERS 15:38 - They made the robe...of blue cloth....And they made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem....to be worn for ministering....tassels on the corners of your garments.
[2]������ THE BIBLE, ISAIAH 52:14 [predicted about 700 years before Jesus] - His appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness.
[3]������ See VOLUME II, DREAM MAKER, "Unorthodox Orthodox"
[4]������ THE BIBLE, LUKE 23:50-51 - There was a man by the name of Joseph, a member of the Jewish High Council, a man of good heart and good character.� He had not gone along with the plans and actions of the council.� His hometown was the Jewish village of Arimathea.� He lived in alert expectation of the kingdom of God.
NOTE:� Arimathea is thought by archaeologists to be Ramah (A-Rima-Thea) where the ancient prophet, Samuel, lived, about 20 miles northwest of Jerusalem.�
[5]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 19:39b [NIV] - Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
[6]������ THE BIBLE, NUMBERS 19:11, 9:6 - Anyone who touches a dead human body shall be defiled for seven days....As it happened, some of the men had just attended a funeral, and were ceremonially defiled by having touched the dead, so they couldn't eat the Passover lamb that night.
[7]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 1:29b - Here he is, God's Passover Lamb!� He forgives the sins of the world!
[8]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 19:38a, MARK 15:43 - After all this, Joseph of Arimathea (he was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, because he was intimidated by the Jews) petitioned Pilate to take the body of Jesus....Working up his courage, he went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body.
[9]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 19:32-37 - The soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man crucified with Jesus, and then the other.� When they got to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn't break his legs.� One of the soldiers stabbed him in the side with his spear.� Blood and water gushed out.� The eyewitness to these things has presented an accurate report.� He saw it himself and is telling the truth so that you, also, will believe.� These things that happened confirmed the Scripture, "Not a bone in his body was broken," [see Psalm 34:20 predicted 1000 years earlier] and the other Scripture that reads, "They will stare at the one they pierced" [see Zechariah 12:10 predicted 500 years earlier].
[10]����� THE MERCK MANUAL OF DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY, "Congestive Heart Failure," - With decrease in cardiac output, marked reduction of blood flow takes place.� Fluid retention increases in tissue.� Edema is the most important manifestation of right heart failure.� Edema is often manifested by distention of the jugular and peripheral veins at levels well above the heart, and fluid collection in the abdomen.
[11]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 15:46a - Having already purchased a linen shroud....
[12]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 19:25; MARK 15:40 - While the soldiers were looking after themselves, Jesus' mother, his aunt [Salome], Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene stood at the foot of the cross....There were women watching from a distance, among them Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of the younger James and Joses, and Salome.� When Jesus was in Galilee, these women followed and served him, and had come up with him to Jerusalem.
[13]����� THE BIBLE, ISAIAH 53:9 [Predicted 700 years before Jesus] - He was buried like a criminal, but in a rich man's grave; but he had done no wrong, and had never spoken an evil word.
[14]����� THE BIBLE, LEVITICUS 23:5, 12; HEBREWS 9:22b, 28a - The Passover of the Lord....The Festival of First Fruits....That same day you shall sacrifice to the Lord a male yearling lamb without defect as a burnt offering....without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness....So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people.
[15]����� THE MERCK MANUAL OF DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY, "Tetanus" - Convulsions and spasms in the chest interfere with respiration and may cause cyanosis, a bluish or dark purple discoloration of the skin due to deficiency of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood.
[16]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 15:47; LUKE 23:55a - Mary Magdalene and Mary, mother of Joses, watched the burial....The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.
[17]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 19:39-42 - Nicodemus, who had first come to Jesus at night, came now in broad daylight carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy[five pounds.� They took Jesus' body and, following the Jewish burial custom, wrapped it in linen with the spices.� There was a garden near the place he was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been placed.� So, because it was Sabbath preparation for the Jews and the tomb was convenient, they [he and Joseph of Arimathea] placed Jesus in it.
[18]����� THE BIBLE, PSALM 23:1-2 [NIV] - The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.� He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters.
[19]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 15:46 - So Joseph...placed it in a tomb cut out of rock.� Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
[20]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 23:55-56 - The women who had been companions of Jesus from Galilee followed along.� They saw the tomb where Jesus' body was placed.� Then they went back to prepare burial spices and perfumes.� They rested quietly on the Sabbath, as commanded.
[21]����� THE BIBLE, NUMBERS 9:6 - But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a dead body.
[22]����� SEE VOLUME III, HEARTS AFIRE, "Never on a Sunday"
[23]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 23:15 - "You're hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees!� Frauds!� You go halfway around the world to make a convert, but once you get him you make him into a replica of yourselves, double-damned."
[24]����� THE BIBLE, ISAIAH 1:11-15, 31 - I am sick of your sacrifices.� Don't bring me any more of them....Who wants your sacrifices when you have no sorrow for your sins....even your most pious meetings -all are frauds!� I want nothing more to do with them.� I hate them all; I can't stand the sight of them.� From now on, when you pray with your hands stretched out to heaven, I won't look or listen.� Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear, for your hands are those of murderers; they are covered with the blood of your innocent victims....The strongest among you will disappear like burning straw; your evil deeds are the spark that sets the straw on fire, and no one will be able to put it out.
[25]����� THE BIBLE, ISAIAH 58:2-7 - They act so pious!� They come to the Temple every day and are so delighted to hear the reading of my laws ~ just as though they would obey them ~ just as though they don't despise the commandments of their God!� How anxious they are to worship correctly; oh, how they love the Temple services!....This doing of penance....No...stop oppressing those who work for you and treat them fairly and give them what they earn.� I want you to share your food with the hungry and bring right into your own homes those who are helpless, poor and destitute.� Clothe those who are cold and don't hide from relatives who need your help.
[26]����� THE BIBLE, EXODUS 18:21-22; NUMBERS 11:16 - "Find some capable, godly, honest men who hate bribes, and appoint them as judges, one judge for each 1000 people....Let these men be responsible to serve the people with justice at all times"....Then the Lord said to Moses, "Summon before me seventy of the leaders of Israel; bring them to the Tabernacle, to stand there with you."
[27]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 11:47-50 - The high priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the Jewish ruling body.� "What do we do now?" they asked.� "This man keeps on doing things, creating God-signs.� If we let him go on, pretty soon everyone will be believing in him and the Romans will come and remove what little power and privilege we still have."� Then one of them ~ it was Caiaphas, the designated Chief Priest that year ~ spoke up, "Don't you know anything?� Can't you see that it's to our advantage that one man dies for the people rather than the whole nation be destroyed?"
[28]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 3:5, 16-17 [NIV] - Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit....For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.� For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him."
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