en_tn/jhn/19/38.md

Joseph of Arimathea

Arimathea was a small town. Alternate translation: "Joseph from the town of Arimathea" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

for fear of the Jews

Here "Jews" is a synecdoche for the Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus. Alternate translation: "for fear of the Jewish leaders" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

if he could take away the body of Jesus

John implies that Joseph of Arimathea wanted to bury the body of Jesus. Alternate translation: "for permission to take the body of Jesus down from the cross for burial" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)