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Luke 23

Luke 23:55

The Burial of Jesus · Luke 23:50–56
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Translations

Modern
The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.
Traditional
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
Literal
And the women who had come with Him out of Galilee, having followed, saw the tomb and how His body was laid.
Latin
Subsecutæ autem mulieres, quæ cum eo venerant de Galilæa, viderunt monumentum, et quemadmodum positum erat corpus ejus.

Original

Greek
English
The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

Notes

Luke 23:55–56

The women took special note of the tomb’s location because they would return with spices and ointments to anoint his body. The spices were to mask the stench of a rotting corpse. A body would be placed on a stone bench in the side of the tomb until the flesh decomposed. The bones would then be collected and placed in a small ossuary, or bone box, and placed on a shelf in the tomb. In this way, a tomb could be used for many family members over an extended period of time.

Theme notes and profiles

Women Named Mary

Events

Parallels

Isaiah 53:9–12 Matthew 27:57–61 Mark 15:42–47 John 19:38–42

Places

Galilee: Region in northern Israel; key location in Jesus' ministry

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Body of Christ Joanna Luke, Gospel of Passion

Topics

Galilee: The Northern District of Palestine: Women From, Ministered to Jesus Jesus, the Christ: Taken Down from the Cross and Buried (Just Outside Jerusalem) Joseph: of Arimathaea: Begs for the Body of Jesus for Burial in his own Tomb Love: Love for Jesus: Mary Magdalene and Other Disciples Women: First at the Gravesite