Luke 23:56
New International Version
Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Berean Standard Bible
Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

Berean Literal Bible
And having returned, they prepared spices and anointing oils. And they rested indeed on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

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

New King James Version
Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

New American Standard Bible
And then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

NASB 1995
Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

NASB 1977
And they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then after they returned, they prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Amplified Bible
Then they went back and prepared spices and ointments and sweet-smelling herbs. And on the Sabbath they rested in accordance with the commandment [forbidding work].

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they returned, and prepared sweet spices and ointment, and on the Sabbath they rested according to that which had been commanded.

Contemporary English Version
Then they went to prepare some sweet-smelling spices for his burial. But on the Sabbath they rested, as the Law of Moses commands.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And returning, they prepared spices and ointments; and on the sabbath day they rested, according to the commandment.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then they went back to the city and prepared spices and perfumes. But on the day of worship they rested according to the commandment.

Good News Translation
Then they went back home and prepared the spices and perfumes for the body. On the Sabbath they rested, as the Law commanded.

International Standard Version
Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Literal Standard Version
and having turned back, they made ready spices and ointments, and on the Sabbath, indeed, they rested, according to the command.

Majority Standard Bible
Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

New American Bible
they returned and prepared spices and perfumed oils. Then they rested on the sabbath according to the commandment.

NET Bible
Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

New Revised Standard Version
Then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

New Heart English Bible
They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested on the sabbath, according to the commandment.

Weymouth New Testament
Then they returned, and prepared spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested in obedience to the Commandment.

World English Bible
They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Young's Literal Translation
and having turned back, they made ready spices and ointments, and on the sabbath, indeed, they rested, according to the command.

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Context
The Burial of Jesus
55The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed. 56Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

Cross References
Exodus 20:10
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 or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

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.

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.

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.


Treasury of Scripture

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

prepared.

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.

2 Chronicles 16:14
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

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.

rested.

Exodus 20:8-10
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy…

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.

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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Luke 23
1. Jesus is accused before Pilate, and sent to Herod.
8. Herod mocks him.
12. Herod and Pilate become friends.
13. Barabbas is desired of the people,
24. and is released by Pilate, and Jesus is given to be crucified.
26. He tells the women, that lament him, the destruction of Jerusalem;
34. prays for his enemies.
39. Two criminals are crucified with him.
46. His death.
50. His burial.














(56) They returned, and prepared spices and ointments.--This seems at first inconsistent with their "buying" spices after the Sabbath was over (Luke 24:1). Possibly, we have two groups of women--the two Maries and "Joanna and the others" (Luke 24:10)--taking part in the same work; possibly, what they did on the Friday afternoon or evening was not enough, and it was necessary to buy more spices as soon as shops were open on Saturday evening.

Rested the sabbath day.--It is noticeable that this is the only record in the Gospels of that memorable Sabbath. Can we picture to ourselves how it was spent by those who had taken part in the great drama of the previous day;--Caiaphas and the priests officiating in the Temple services of that day, after their hurried Passover, just in time to fulfil the bare letter of the law, on the previous afternoon; the crowds that had mocked and scoffed on Golgotha crowding the courts of the Temple, or attending in the synagogues of Hebrew or Hellenistic Jews; scribes and Pharisees preaching sermons on the history and meaning of the Passover, and connecting it with the hope of a fresh deliverance for Israel? And the disciples, where were they? scattered each to his own lodging, or meeting in the guest-chamber where they had eaten their Paschal supper, or, as that was apparently a new room to them (Luke 22:8-9), in some other inn or lodging in the city, or its suburbs? On that Sabbath, John and Peter must have met, and the penitent must have found in his friend's love the pledge and earnest of his Lord's forgiveness; and the Twelve and the Seventy must, in groups of twos or threes, have mourned over the failure of their hopes; and the women have comforted themselves with the thought that they could at least show their reverence for the Lord they loved as they had never shown it before; and Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea have rested with satisfaction in the thought that they could honour a dead prophet without the danger that had attached to honouring a living one, or have reproached themselves for the cowardice which had kept them from any open confession till it was too late, and mourned over the irrevocable past. The records are silent, but the imagination which turns the dead chronicles of history into a living drama has here, within due limits, legitimate scope for action. May we go a step yet further, and think of what was then being accomplished behind the veil, of the descent into Hades and the triumph over Death, the soul of the robber in the rest of Paradise, and the good news proclaimed to "the spirits in prison" (1Peter 3:19)? If we dare not fill up the gap with the legends of the Apocryphal Gospel that bears the name of Nicodemus, we may, at least, venture to dwell reverently on the hints that Scripture actually gives.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

they returned
ὑποστρέψασαι (hypostrepsasai)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 5290: To turn back, return. From hupo and strepho; to turn under, i.e. To return.

to prepare
ἡτοίμασαν (hētoimasan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2090: To make ready, prepare. From hetoimos; to prepare.

spices
ἀρώματα (arōmata)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 759: Spice, perfume. From airo; an aromatic.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

perfumes.
μύρα (myra)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3464: Anointing-oil, ointment. Probably of foreign origin; 'myrrh', i.e. perfumed oil.

And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they rested
ἡσύχασαν (hēsychasan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2270: From the same as hesuchios; to keep still, i.e. Refrain from labor, meddlesomeness or speech.

on the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Sabbath
σάββατον (sabbaton)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4521: The Sabbath, a week.

according to
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

commandment.
ἐντολήν (entolēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1785: An ordinance, injunction, command, law. From entellomai; injunction, i.e. An authoritative prescription.


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