Luke 23:55

And the women who had come with him from Galilee went after him and saw the place and how his body had been put to rest;

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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

54Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on.

56And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they took their rest, in agreement with the law.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:61And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.

Luke 8:2And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits 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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