Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,
We have here an account of Christ's burial; for he must be brought not only to death, but to the dust of death (Psa 22:15), according to the sentence (Gen 3:19), To the dust thou shalt return. Observe, I. Who buried him.
Commenting on Luke 23:50-56
And they returned,.... To the city, and to their own houses, or to some one of them; and prepared spices and ointments; for the anointing, and embalming the body of Christ, called by the Jews the spices of the dead; see the note on Mar 16:1 and rested the sabbath day, according to the commandment, in Exo 20:8 not knowing as yet the abolition of...
And, behold, [there was] a man named Joseph, a counsellor; [and he was] a good man, and a just: (17) Christ, through his well known burial, confirms both the truth of his death as well as his resurrection, by the plain and evident witness of Pilate.