# Joseph of Arimathea

Source: https://enocharchive.com/characters/joseph-of-arimathea (Enoch Archive).

Joseph of Arimathea, called Joseph of Rametha in the Cave of Treasures, was a councillor and the brother of Nicodemus and Cleophas. The book says he carried the seal-ring of Pilate and had free access to him, so he went in and asked for the body of Christ. Pilate gave it to him, together with the garden in which the tomb stood.

Joseph took the body down from the Cross, removed the inscription Pilate had written in Greek, Latin and Hebrew, and buried Christ in a new tomb which, the book says, had been made for Joshua the son of Nun. With Nicodemus and Cleophas he laid the stone before the door. After the resurrection the three are called true and faithful brethren.

**books:** The Cave of Treasures