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571 B
Joseph of Arimathea
Arimathea was a small town. AT: "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. AT: "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 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)