Marcos 15:43

There came Joseph of Arimathea, a councilor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

Again in the history of God's people, the Lord raised up a Joseph to meet some crisis. When the nation of the chosen people were threatened with famine, God sent Joseph ahead of them to sit next to the throne of Egypt and prepare the way before them. When the Christ child was an infant, it was the strong arm of Joseph that protected him from the hatred of Herod. Again, in this situation, when Peter and others had forsaken the Lord and fled, when it might have appeared that the Son of God would lie in the makeshift grave like the ones prepared for the robbers, God again raised up Joseph the honorable councilor. Nor was he alone. Nicodemus, another great and honorable man, joined in the project of arranging suitable burial for the Lord Jesus Christ. For a more extended discussion of the worthy Joseph of Arimathea, see my Commentary on Matthew, Matthew 27:57.