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Luke 23:55-56
If we continue in Luke's account, we get the impression that the women hurried to a spice shop, bought the spices and oils, prepared them, and then rested on the Sabbath (verse 56). But we would be wrong!
We have to go to Mark 16:1 for some vital information: "Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him." Logistically, the sequence of events cannot be otherwise. If Joseph barely had time to bury Jesus' body before sundown, how much less time would the women have had to do all that they needed to do!
Richard T. Ritenbaugh
'After Three Days'Related Topics: After Three Days | Annual Sabbaths | Jesus Christ's Burial | Jesus Christ's Death | Joseph of Arimathea | Preparation Day | Preparing for Sabbath | Sabbaths, AnnualOther Forerunner Commentary entries containing Luke 23:56:
Exodus 20:8
Leviticus 23:9-14
Mark 16:1
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What Does Luke 23:56 Mean?
Verse 56 compactly covers a span of time understood from the other accounts. This includes the end of the preparation day for the high holy day, the weekly Sabbath, and the preparation day occurring between them.