Luke 23:56

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

55And the women also, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and viewed the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

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Cross References

Luke 24:1NOW on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they prepared.

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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