Luke 23:55

And the women that were come with him from Galilee, following after, saw the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 it was the day of the Parasceve, and the sabbath drew on.

56And returning, they prepared spices and ointments; and on the sabbath day they rested, according to the commandment.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:61And there was there Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary sitting over against the sepulchre.

Luke 8:2And certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities; Mary who is called Magdalen, out of whom seven devils were gone forth,

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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