Λουκᾶν 23:56

Greek Modern Translation

Και αφου υπεστρεψαν ητοιμασαν αρωματα και μυρα. Και το μεν σαββατον ησυχασαν κατα την εντολην.

Parallel Translations

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
ὑποστρέψασαι δὲ ἡτοίμασαν ἀρώματα καὶ μύρα. Καὶ τὸ μὲν σάββατον ἡσύχασαν κατὰ τὴν ἐντολήν,

Tischendorf 8th Edition
ὑποστρέψασαι δὲ ἡτοίμασαν ἀρώματα καὶ μύρα· καὶ τὸ μὲν σάββατον ἡσύχασαν κατὰ τὴν ἐντολήν.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
υποστρεψασαι δε ητοιμασαν αρωματα και μυρα και το μεν σαββατον ησυχασαν κατα την εντολην

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
υποστρεψασαι δε ητοιμασαν αρωματα και μυρα και το μεν σαββατον ησυχασαν κατα την εντολην

Byzantine/Majority Text
υποστρεψασαι δε ητοιμασαν αρωματα και μυρα και το μεν σαββατον ησυχασαν κατα την εντολην

Bible Verse Review
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prepared: Luke 24:1, 2 Chronicles 16:14, Mark 16:1

rested: Exodus 20:8-10, Exodus 31:14, Exodus 35:2, Exodus 35:3, Isaiah 58:13, Isaiah 58:14, Jeremiah 17:24, Jeremiah 17:25

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:3 - blessed Exodus 16:23 - rest Exodus 16:29 - abide ye Exodus 20:10 - thou shalt Exodus 31:15 - the sabbath Exodus 34:21 - Six Leviticus 23:3 - General Deuteronomy 5:13 - General Jeremiah 17:22 - neither do Matthew 12:2 - Behold Matthew 26:12 - General Matthew 28:1 - the end Mark 15:47 - General John 5:10 - it is not

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they returned,.... To the city, and to their own houses, or to some one of them;

and prepared spices and ointments; for the anointing, and embalming the body of Christ, called by the Jews the spices of the dead; see the note on Mark 16:1

and rested the sabbath day, according to the commandment, in

Exodus 20:8 not knowing as yet the abolition of it, with the rest of the ceremonial law; and therefore, though they had bought and prepared the spices and ointments, they did not carry them to the sepulchre to anoint the body with them, till the sabbath was over; for this was forbidden to be done on a sabbath day. It is asked f,

"what is that thing that is lawful to be done to a living man, and is forbidden a dead man? It is said, זה סיכה, "this is anointing".''

Though elsewhere g this

"is allowed of; for so runs one of their traditions; they do all things necessary for the dead, (i.e. on a sabbath day,) סכין, "they anoint", and wash him, only they may not move a limb of him.''

But how he could be anointed, and washed, without a limb being moved, is not very easy to say, as his foot, or hand, or eye brows, which are the parts one of their commentators instances in h.

f T. Hieros. Sahbat. fol. 12. 2. g Misn. Sabbat. c. 23, sect. 5. h Bartenora in ib.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the Matthew 27:57-61 notes; Mark 15:42-47 notes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 23:56. Prepared spices and ointments — This was in order to embalm him; which sufficiently proves that they had no hope of his resurrection the third day.

And rested the Sabbath day — For though the Jewish canons allowed all works, necessary for the dead, to be done, even on the Sabbath, such as washing and anointing, provided they moved not a limb of the dead person, yet, as the Jews had put Christ to death under the pretence of his being a malefactor, it would not have been either prudent or safe to appear too forward in the present business; and therefore they rested on the Sabbath.

CERTAIN copies of the Itala have some remarkable additions in these concluding verses. The conclusion of the 48th verse, Luke 23:48 in one of them, is read thus: Beating their breasts and their foreheads, and saying, Wo to us because of what is done this day, on account of our sins; for the desolation of Jerusalem is at hand. To Luke 23:52, another adds: And when Pilate heard that he was dead, he glorified God and gave the body to Joseph. On the circumstances of the crucifixion, see the observations at the end of Matthew 27:0, and consider how heinous sin must be in the sight of God, when it required such a sacrifice! Matthew 27:0- :