The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them,.... Though he was with the Jews, the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, in the high priest's palace, being one of that great council; yet he did not agree with them; nor was it his advice and counsel, that they should put Christ to death; he was against it, at least did not consent to it:he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews;See Gill on "Mt 27:57".
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Luke 23:51
Luke 23:51
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