Town
Arimathaea
Also called Arimathea
Location debated. Scholars propose competing sites; the marker shows one candidate.
- Ancient name
- Arimathaea
- Modern location
- Rantis (one proposed site) · West Bank
- Location
- Location debated
Editorial summary
Home of Joseph, the council member who asked Pilate for Jesus’ body and laid it in a tomb. Matthew calls him a rich man from Arimathaea, and Luke calls Arimathaea a city of the Jews.
From here
Scripture
Nearby in the atlas
Location certainty
Luke calls Arimathaea a city of the Jews but does not say where it was. The marker shows Rantis, north-west of Jerusalem, the candidate OpenBible.info favors; Beit Rima and other sites linked with the Old Testament town of Ramathaim-zophim have also been proposed. No site is certain.
- Coordinates
- 32.0281° N, 35.0194° E