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Arimathaea

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ar -i -ma -thē´a ( Ἀριμαθαία , Arimathaı́a ): "A city of the Jews," the home of Joseph in whose sepulchre the body of Jesus was laid. Its identity is the subject of much conjecture. The Onomasticon of Eusebius and Jerome identifies it with Ramathaim-Zophim in the hill-country of Ephraim ( 1 Samuel 11:1-15 ), which is Ramah the birthplace and burial-place of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 25:1 ), and places it near Timnah on the borders of Judah and Dan. G. A. Smith thinks it may be the modern Beit Rima, a village on an eminence 2 miles North of Timnah. Others incline to Ramallah, 8 miles North of Jerusalem and 3 miles from Bethel (Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:51; John 19:38 ).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Arimathaea'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/a/arimathaea.html. 1915.

Bible Encyclopedias Arimathaea

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Bible Encyclopedias
Arimathaea