Luke 23:56 “Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on…”

Luke 23:56

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they returned and prepared odours, and ointments, and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandement.

Darby Translation

And having returned they prepared aromatic spices and ointments, and remained quiet on the sabbath, 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.

Bible in Basic English

And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they took their rest, in agreement with the law.

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Cross references

“prepared”

Luke 24:1 Mark 16:1 2 Chronicles 16:14

Luke 24:1 · BSB

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

Mark 16:1 · BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 16:14 · BSB

And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.

“rested”

Exodus 20:8–10 Exodus 31:14 Exodus 35:2 Exodus 35:3 Isaiah 58:13 Isaiah 58:14

Exodus 20:8–10 · BSB

Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

Exodus 31:14 · BSB

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.

Exodus 35:2 · BSB

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.

Exodus 35:3 · BSB

Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

Isaiah 58:13 · BSB

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 ow…

Isaiah 58:14 · BSB

then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Also

Deuteronomy 5:14

Deuteronomy 5:14 · BSB

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…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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