There was a man named Joseph, a good man, and a just One who united in his character the two great principles of morality justice and benevolence. The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them Though he was a member of the council which condemned Jesus, he did not join them in their unjust sentence, having either declined being present when the sentence was passed, or having remonstrated against it. This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus, &c. See this paragraph explained at large in the notes on Matthew 27:57, and Mark 15:42.

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