Luke 23:52-56

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 23:53

linen . Showing he was a rich man. Compare Matthew 27:5 Mark 14:51 ; Mark 15:46 . sepulchre = tomb. hewn in stone = hewn in a rock. Greek. laxeutos. Occurs only here. - never . . . before . Greek. ouk oudepo oudeis. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 23:54

the preparation. See App-156 . the sabbath. The high sabbath. See App-156 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 23:55

came = were come with. Only here and Acts 16:17 . from = out of. Greek ek. App-104 . followed after. Greek. sunakoloutheo. Only here and Mark 5:37 . beheld . Greek. theaomai. App-133 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 23:56

prepared , &c. These had to be bought (Mark 16:1 ) between the two sabbaths. See App-156 . rested . Greek. hesuchazo = to rest from labour. Occurs only here, and in Luke 14:4 .Acts 11:18 ; Acts 21:14 ; and 1 Thessalonians 4:11 . the commandment . Leviticus 23:4-7 . See App-156 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 23:53

And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain.Rather extensive studies were completed and presented in the Gospel of John (see my Commentary on John) regarding "The Two Graves of Jesus," a description of the tomb in which Jesus was buried (that of Joseph of Arimathea), and "Concerning the Cloths" in which the body was wrapped. See in my Commentary on John, under John 19:40 and John 19:41. Also, regarding the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 23:54

And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.The sabbath drew on ... This was not the ordinary sabbath (which came every Saturday), but the special "high day" (John 19:31) sabbath marking every 15th of Nisan (which could come on any day of the week); and this verse says that THAT sabbath "drew on," meaning that it would begin at sunset, after which the solemn Passover meal would be observed, the following twenty-four hours being, by God's special commandment, also called "a... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 23:55

And the women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and beheld the tomb, and how his body was laid.It is good that Luke recorded this, because it refutes the lie that on the morning of the resurrection perhaps the women went to the wrong grave! No more dependable group of witnesses could be imagined than a multitude of women, all of whom saw the grave and observed the manner in which the body was buried. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 23:56

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments.This is not a denial that Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus might also have made such preparations for anointing the body, a tender act of love that could not be rendered because of the sudden onset of the holy Passover and its special high sabbath. Significantly, by the falling of that high day upon a Friday (beginning Thursday at sunset), there were back-to-back sabbaths, Friday and Saturday, a truth witnessed in the Greek text of Matthew... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 23:55

Luke 23:55. And how his body was laid.— The word ως, rendered how, signifies no more than that;—and the sentence may be rendered they came to the sepulchre, and saw that the body was placed or buried there. St. Mark has it, Mar 15:47 beheld where he was laid. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 23:56

Luke 23:56. And they—prepared spices and ointments, and rested, &c.— Some commentators connect this verse with the first of the following chapter, thus;—ointments: and they rested, &c. commandment; But upon the first day, &c. As the women were not present when Joseph and Nicodemus bound up the body with spices; (See John 19:39-40.) as it does not appear that they saw the body after it was bound up; or, if they did, they could not see the spices, which were hid by the linen... read more

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