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# Joseph of Arimathea
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Arimathea was a small town. AT: "Joseph from the town of Arimathea" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# for fear of the Jews
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Here "Jews" is a synecdoche for the Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus. AT: "for fear of the Jewish leaders" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# if he could take away the body of Jesus
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John implies that Joseph of Arimathea wants to bury the body of Jesus. AT: "for permission to take the body of Jesus down from the cross for burial" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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