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Arimathea

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Arimathea (ăr-i-ma-thç'ah), the heights. A city of Palestine, whence came Joseph the counsellor, mentioned in Luke 23:51. Trelawney Saunders places it east of Bethlehem.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Arimathea'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​a/arimathea.html. 1893.
 
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