Luke 23:56

56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.

Luke 23:56 in Other Translations

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

56 Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

56 Then they went home and prepared spices and ointments to anoint his body. But by the time they were finished the Sabbath had begun, so they rested as required by the law.

56 Then they went back to prepare burial spices and perfumes. They rested quietly on the Sabbath, as commanded.

56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

56 Then they went back to the city and prepared spices and perfumes. But on the day of worship they rested according to the commandment.

56 Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

56 Then they went home. There they prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath day in order to obey the Law.

Luke 23:56 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:56

And they returned
To the city, and to their own houses, or to some one of them; and prepared spices and ointments;
for the anointing, and embalming the body of Christ, called by the Jews the spices of the dead; see the note on ( Mark 16:1 ) and rested the sabbath day, according to the commandment,
in ( Exodus 20:8-11 ) not knowing as yet the abolition of it, with the rest of the ceremonial law; and therefore, though they had bought and prepared the spices and ointments, they did not carry them to the sepulchre to anoint the body with them, till the sabbath was over; for this was forbidden to be done on a sabbath day. It is asked ^F6,

``what is that thing that is lawful to be done to a living man, and is forbidden a dead man? It is said, (hkyo hz) , "this is anointing".''

Though elsewhere ^F7 this

``is allowed of; for so runs one of their traditions; they do all things necessary for the dead, (i.e. on a sabbath day,) (Nyko) , "they anoint", and wash him, only they may not move a limb of him.''

But how he could be anointed, and washed, without a limb being moved, is not very easy to say, as his foot, or hand, or eye brows, which are the parts one of their commentators instances in ^F8.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 T. Hieros. Sahbat. fol. 12. 2.
F7 Misn. Sabbat. c. 23, sect. 5.
F8 Bartenora in ib.

Luke 23:56 In-Context

54 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.

Cross References

• 1. Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1
• 2. Exodus 12:16; Exodus 20:10