Luke 23:51

‘A man of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was looking for the Kingly Rule of God.’

But primarily, while he came from a city of the Jews, he was a man who was ‘looking for the Kingly Rule of God’ (compare Luke 2:25; Luke 2:38). He was a true believer, seeking first the Kingly Rule of God and His righteousness (Luke 12:31; Luke 18:29; Matthew 6:33). His hear was thus set rightly towards God.

Arimathea was probably twenty miles north west of Jerusalem at Ramathaim-zophim (1 Samuel 1:1), now known as Rentis. The explanatory ‘a city of the Jews’ was for Luke’s Gentile readers.