Luke 23:56

And returning, they made preparation of aromatics and unguents; and they rested the sabbath-day, according to the commandment.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

55Then the women also, his attendants, who had followed him out of Galilee, observed the sepulchre, and how his corpse was laid out.

Read all of Luke 23

Cross References

Luke 24:1NOW on the first day of the week, at the earliest dawn of day, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the aromatics which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Luke 23:56