Luke 23:55

The women who had come with him out of Galilee followed after, and saw the tomb and how his body was laid.

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

In Context

54It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

56They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

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Cross References

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

Luke 8:2and certain women who had been healed of 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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