54 And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath [a]drew on.

55 [b]And the women also that followed after, which came with him from Galilee, beheld the sepulcher, and how his body was laid.

56 And they returned and prepared odors, and ointments, and resteth the Sabbath day according to the commandment.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:54 Word for word, dawning, as now beginning, for the light of the former day drew toward the going down, and that was the day of preparation for the feast which was to be kept the day following.
  2. Luke 23:55 Christ, being set upon by the devil and all his instruments, and being even, in death’s mouth, setteth weak women in his foreward, minding straightways to triumph over those terrible enemies without any great endeavor.

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