Luke 23:55

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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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'

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