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(). The birthplace or abode of the rich man Joseph, who, by Pilate's leave, which he "boldly" craved, casting away the "fear" which had previously kept him from open discipleship (; ), buried our Lord's body in his own "new tomb" at Jerusalem. Arimathea, a "city of the Jews" (Luke's vague expression for the Gentiles, to whom no more precise information seemed needful: ) is possibly identical with Ramah, Samuel's birthplace, called Armathaim in the Septuagint (; ); but many associate it with Ramleh, on the road from Jaffa to Jerusalem.