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Luke 23:56

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54 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.

55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
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BSB
Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
KJV
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
WEB
They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
ASV
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
DARBY
And having returned they prepared aromatic spices and ointments, and remained quiet on the sabbath, according to the commandment.
BLB
And having returned, they prepared spices and anointing oils. And they rested indeed on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
ÅB
Så vendte de tilbake og tilberedte velluktende urter og salver, og sabbaten over holdt de seg stille etter lovens bud.
OTB
Så vendte de hjem og forberedte krydder og salver. Men de hvilte på sabbaten i samsvar med budet.
B1930
Så vendte de tilbake og tilberedte velluktende urter og salver, og sabbaten over holdt de sig stille efter lovens bud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 24:1

    On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.

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  • Mark 16:1

    When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:14

    but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

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  • Exodus 20:8–10

    Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

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  • Jeremiah 17:24–25

    If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,

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  • Isaiah 58:13–14

    If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

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  • Exodus 31:14

    Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.

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  • Exodus 35:2–3

    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.

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