Luke 23:55

55 The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb, 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 Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud, and laid him in a rock-hewn tomb, where no one had ever yet been laid.

54 It was the day of Preparation, and the sabbath was beginning.

55 The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid;

56 then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.