Luke 23:56

They returned home and prepared spices and ointments. But on the Sabbath they rested, observing the commandment.

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

In Context

55The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee had followed Joseph and had seen the tomb where Jesus' body had been laid.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:8Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

Exodus 35:2Six days you can work, but the seventh day is to be a holy Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Anyone who does any work on the Sabbath day must be killed.

2 Chronicles 16:14He was buried in the tomb that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. They placed him on a bed full of spices, perfumed oils, and fragrances. Then they made a great fire to honor him.

Jeremiah 17:24Listen carefully to me, says the Lord, and don't bring any load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and don't do any work on it.

Luke 24:1Very early on the first day of the week, the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they'd 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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