Luke 23:54

52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

53 ^aThen he took it down, wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, where no one had ever lain before.

54 That day was ^athe Preparation, and the Sabbath drew near.

55 And the women ^awho had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and ^bthey observed the tomb and how His body was laid.

56 Then they returned and ^aprepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath ^baccording to the commandment.

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Adam Clarke

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Luke 23:54

And the Sabbath drew on - Or, The Sabbath was lighting up, , i.e. with the candles which the Jews light just before six in the evening, when the Sabbath commences. The same word is used for the dawning of the day, Matthew 28:1. Wakefield. The Jews always lighted up candles on the Sabbath; and it was a solemn precept that, "if a man had not bread to eat, he must beg from door to door to get a little oil to set up his Sabbath light." The night of the Sabbath drew on, which the Jews were accustomed to call the light. See Lightfoot.

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