Luke 23:51

οὐκ ἧν συνκατατιθέμενος, κ.τ.λ. It is remarkable that Joseph is the only Sanhedrist of whom this exception is recorded. We cannot, however, doubt that it was true of Nicodemus also, since he was “the teacher of Israel” (John 3:10), which may possibly mean the third officer of the Synagogue, who was known by the name of the Chakam or ‘Wise Man.’ The word πρᾶξις might almost be rendered ‘crime.’ See Romans 8:13; Colossians 3:9.

αὐτῶν. I.e. τῶν βουλευτῶν, of his fellow Sanhedrists.

Ἀριμαθαίας. The name is a modification of the later Hebrew Ramtha, ‘a hill,’ and is the same name as Ramah, Ramathaim, &c. Hence the town of Joseph has been variously identified with Ramleh in Dan, Ramathaim in Ephraim (1 Samuel 1:1), and Ramah in Benjamin (Matthew 2:18).

[καί.] As well as Christ’s open followers. The same word is preserved in Matthew 27:57, “who also himself was a disciple,” though as St John (John 19:38) adds, “secretly for fear of the Jews.”

προσεδέχετο. See Luke 2:25, and p. 382.