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Luke 23:56

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54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day 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

    Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

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  • Mark 16:1

    And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:14

    But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

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  • Exodus 20:8–10

    Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

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  • Jeremiah 17:24–25

    And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

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  • Isaiah 58:13–14

    If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

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  • Exodus 31:14

    Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

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  • Exodus 35:2–3

    Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

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