路加福音23:50-56

 

23:50 有一個人名叫約瑟，是個議士，為人善良公義；
23:51 眾人所謀所為，他並沒有附從。他本是猶太、亞利馬太城裡素常盼望上帝國的人。
23:52 這人去見彼拉多，求耶穌的身體，
23:53 就取下來，用細麻布裹好，安放在石頭鑿成的墳墓裡；那裡頭從來沒有葬過人。
23:54 那日是預備日，安息日也快到了。
23:55 那些從加利利和耶穌同來的婦女跟在後面，看見了墳墓和他的身體怎樣安放。
23:56 她們就回去，預備了香料香膏。她們在安息日，便遵著誡命安息了。

 

⁵⁰ Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, ⁵¹ who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. ⁵² Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. ⁵³ Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. ⁵⁴ It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

⁵⁵ The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. ⁵⁶ Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.

 

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    主耶穌的死亡後，有一位議士名叫約瑟，為人善良公義；眾人所謀所為，他並沒有附從。他本是猶太、亞利馬太城裡素常盼望上帝國的人。這人去見彼拉多，求耶穌的身體，就取下來，用細麻布裹好，安放在石頭鑿成的墳墓裡；那裡頭從來沒有葬過人。

 

    這樣的一個人也讓我們感受到上帝奇妙的預備，也讓我們相信人可以不照一般人的想法生活，而是要為公平正義而生活，心中盼望上帝的國！

 

    求主幫助我們，心中盼望上帝的國，以上帝國為念，活出基督耶穌門徒的生命樣式！