Arimathea, according to the gospel of Luke, was "a city of Judea". It was the home town of Joseph of Arimathea, who is known for having donated his new tomb outside of Jerusalem for the body of Jesus.
Arimathea is often held to be another name for Ramathaim in Ephraim, and the birth-place of Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1, 19). Others identify it with Ramleh in Dan, or Ramah in Benjamin (Matt. 2:18).
A native of Arimathea, he was apparently a man of wealth, and a member of the Sanhedrin (which is the way bouleutes, literally "senator", is interpreted in Matthew 27:57 and Luke 23:50).
Joseph of Arimathea is venerated as a saint by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Arimathea itself is not otherwise documented, though it was "a city of Judea" according to Luke (xxiii, 51).
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