Lukas 23:50

50 And, hinei, a man by name Yosef being a member of the Sanhedrin, and an ish tov and a tzaddik

Lukas 23:50 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:50

And behold, there was a man named Joseph
(See Gill on Matthew 27:57).

a counsellor;
Mark says, he was an "honourable" one; he was either one of the council of the high priest, or a member of the great sanhedrim; (See Gill on Mark 15:43).

and he was a good man, and a just;
he was kind and beneficent in his temper, and just, and righteous in his life and actions; a like character is given of Joseph the husband of Mary, the mother of our Lord, ( Matthew 1:19 ) .

Lukas 23:50 In-Context

48 And when all the hamon (crowd) that had assembled at this spectacle had observed the things that had happened, they went away beating their chests.

49 And all his acquaintances stood at a distance and the nashim, the ones following him from the Galil, observed these things.

50 And, hinei, a man by name Yosef being a member of the Sanhedrin, and an ish tov and a tzaddik

51 (This one had not consented to their cheshbon and action) came from Ramatayim, a shtetl of Yehudah. He was waiting expectantly for the Malchut Hashem.

52 He approached Pilate, and asked for the gufat Yehoshua. [TEHILLIM 16:9-10; IYOV 19:25-27; YESHAYAH 53:11]