Luke 23:56

Translations

Modern

Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

Traditional

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Literal

And having returned, they prepared spices and anointing oils. And they rested indeed on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

Latin

Et revertentes paraverunt aromata, et unguenta: et sabbato quidem siluerunt secundum mandatum.

Original

Greek

English

Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

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

Related verses

Luke 24:1
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
Mark 16:1
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
Deuteronomy 5:14
…but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
Jeremiah 17:24–25
If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,
Isaiah 58:13–14
If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
Exodus 35:2–3
For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
Exodus 31:14
Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.
Exodus 20:8–10
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
2 Chronicles 16:14
And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.

Parallels

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

People

Sabbath: The seventh day of the week, set apart for rest and worship

Glossary

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

Topics

Anointing of the Dead Anointing was Used for Preparing the Dead for Burial Burial with Spices Embalming: How Performed by the Jews 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 Sabbath: Observance of by the Women Preparing to Embalm the Corpse of Jesus Sabbath: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Spices: Prepared for Embalming the Corpse of Jesus The Sabbath: Honoring of The Women Women: First at the Gravesite

Luke 23:56

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