Text:EBD:Arimathea

From WikiChristian
(Redirected from Arimathea (EBD))
Jump to navigation Jump to search


A "city of the Jews" (Luke 23:51), the birth-place of Joseph in whose sepulchre our Lord was laid (Matt. 27:57, 60; John 19:38). It is probably the same place as Ramathaim in Ephraim, and the birth-place of Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1, 19). Others identify it with Ramleh in Dan, or Rama (q.v.) in Benjamin (Matt. 2:18).


Return to Easton's Bible Dictionary