Luk 23:51. Οὗτος) He, i.e. he alone. [If aught that is wrong goes forward without thy consent, do not at least give your approval to the act.-V. g.] Nicodemus, we know, was ἄρχων, a ruler, but he is not called βουλευτὴς, a counsellor.-τῇ βουλῇ, to the counsel) See Luk 23:1. The phraseology approaches nearly to that in Psa 1:1 [“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly”].-τῇ πράξει, the deed) Luk 23:33.