Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 23:50

"And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good and righteous man" — Luke 23:50 (ASV)

Behold, there was a man named Joseph.—See Notes on Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42–47. St. Luke agrees with St. Mark in calling him a counsellor, but the epithets, good man and just, are peculiar to him. The adjective for good is not often applied to persons in the New Testament. In Acts 11:24 it is used of Barnabas; in Romans 5:7 it represents a higher excellence than that of the man who is simply just.