Luke 23:55

And having followed closely, the women who were gathered to him out of Galilee, they saw the sepulcher, and how his body was laid.

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In The King James Version

And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

In Context

54And the day was beginning. It was a preparation Sabbath.

56And having returned, they prepared spices and ointments. And they indeed rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:61And Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

Luke 8:2and certain women who were healed from evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

Matthew Henry on Luke 23:51-56

The Burial of Christ. 50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: 51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathæa, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath… Read the whole commentary →

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