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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: Jesus Christ's Burial | Jesus Christ's Death | Joseph of Arimathea

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Leviticus 23:9-14

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The Fourth Commandment
The Sabbath in the Time of Christ Cont'd.  (2)
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The Wavesheaf Offering
Was Jesus Resurrected on Easter Sunday?
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The Fourth Commandment
The Plain Truth About God's Holy Sabbath
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'After Three Days'
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Bible Answers to The Da Vinci Code
Rejoicing or Solemnity?

 

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