"John Knight" <jwknight at polbox.com> wrote:
>Again, thanks for that correction, and again, 100% agreed:
>> "... nowhere does Matt. 27:57; Mark 15:43; or John 19:38 mention that Joseph of Arimathea was a jew. John 19:38 states he was a secret disciple of Jesus BECAUSE he was afraid of the jews. There's no doubt to me that Joseph of Arimathea was Jesus great uncle."
We notice how you omit Luke 23:51
>[50] And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counseller; and he was a good man, and a just:
>[51] (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
>[52] This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
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