Luke 23:52-56

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 23:50-56

We have here an account of Christ's burial; for he must be brought not only to death, but to the dust of death (Ps. 22:15), according to the sentence (Gen. 3:19), To the dust thou shalt return. Observe, I. Who buried him. His acquaintance stood afar off; they had neither money to bear the charge nor courage to bear the odium of burying him decently; but God raised up one that had both, a man named Joseph, Luke 23:50. His character is that he was a good man and a just, a man of unspotted... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 23:50-56

23:50-56 Look you--there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin, a good and a just man. He had not consented to their counsel and their action. He came from Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, and he lived in expectation of the kingdom of God. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. He took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a rockhewn tomb where no one had ever yet been laid. It was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning. The women, who had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:52

This man went unto Pilate ,.... Mark says, he went "boldly" to him; See Gill on Mark 15:43 . and begged the body of Jesus ; knowing he was dead; that he might bury it, as the Ethiopic version adds, and prevent its being inferred with the two malefactors, or abused by the mob. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:53

And he took it down ,.... From the cross, with the help of others, having obtained leave of Pilate so to do; and wrapped it in linen ; as was the custom of the Jews in burying their dead; See Gill on Matthew 27:59 . and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone ; cut out of a rock; See Gill on Matthew 27:60 . wherein never man before was laid ; so that it could not be said it was another body, and not that of Christ's, that was raised from the dead. This circumstance,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:54

And that day was the preparation ,.... Both for the sabbath, and for the "Chagigah", or grand festival, which they kept on the fifteenth day of the month, in a very pompous manner; so that the day following was an high day; and the sabbath drew on , or "shone out"; which is so said, though it was evening, on account of the lights, which were every where, in every house, lighted up at this time, and which they were, by their traditions, obliged to: for so run their canons F3 Misn.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:55

And the women also which came with him from Galilee ,.... See Gill on Luke 23:49 . followed after ; Joseph; and those that were with him, when they carried the body of Jesus, in order to inter it: and beheld, the sepulchre ; took notice of it, what an one it was, whereabout it stood in the garden, that they might know, and find it again: and how his body was laid ; in what position, form, and order; and observed that it was only wrapped in linen, and not anointed, or embalmed. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:56

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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:54

And the Sabbath drew on - Or, The Sabbath was lighting up, επεφωσκε , i.e. with the candles which the Jews light just before six in the evening, when the Sabbath commences. The same word is used for the dawning of the day, Matthew 28:1 . Wakefield. The Jews always lighted up candles on the Sabbath; and it was a solemn precept that, "if a man had not bread to eat, he must beg from door to door to get a little oil to set up his Sabbath light." The night of the Sabbath drew on, which the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:55

The women also, which came - These were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, Luke 24:10 . To these three, Mark, in Mark 16:1 , adds, Salome; but some think that this was only a surname of one of these Marys. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 pretense of his being a malefactor, it would not have been either prudent or... read more

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