Luke 23:55

55 And the women following, that came with him from Galilee, saw the grave, and how his body was laid.

Luke 23:55 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:55

And the women also which came with him from Galilee
(See Gill on Luke 23:49). followed after;
Joseph; and those that were with him, when they carried the body of Jesus, in order to inter it: and beheld, the sepulchre;
took notice of it, what an one it was, whereabout it stood in the garden, that they might know, and find it again: and how his body was laid;
in what position, form, and order; and observed that it was only wrapped in linen, and not anointed, or embalmed.

Luke 23:55 In-Context

53 and took it down, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid him in a grave hewn, in which not yet any man had been laid [in which not yet any man was put].

54 And the day was the even of the holiday, and the sabbath began to shine. [+And the day was the making ready of pask, that is, even of the holy day, and the sabbath began to shine.]

55 And the women following, that came with him from Galilee, saw the grave, and how his body was laid.

56 And they turned again, and made ready sweet smelling spices, and ointments; but in the sabbath they rested, after the commandment.