Luke 23:55

The women--those who had come with Jesus from Galilee--followed close behind, and saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

54It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was near at hand.

56Then they returned, and prepared spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested in obedience to the Commandment.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:61Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were both present there, sitting opposite to the sepulchre.

Luke 8:2and certain women whom He had delivered from evil spirits and various diseases--Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had come,

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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