Luke 23:56
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New International Version (©2011)
Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.

New Living Translation (©2007)
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 (©2001)
Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

NET Bible (©2006)
Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And they returned, and prepared sweet spices and ointment, and on the Sabbath they rested according to that which had been commanded.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then they went back to the city and prepared spices and perfumes. But on the day of worship they rested according to the commandment.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

American King James Version
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day 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.

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

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

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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

23:50-56 Many, though they do not make any show in outward profession, yet, like Joseph of Arimathea, will be far more ready to do real service, when there is occasion, than others who make a greater noise. Christ was buried in haste, because the sabbath drew on. Weeping must not hinder sowing. Though they were in tears for the death of their Lord, yet they must prepare to keep holy the sabbath. When the sabbath draws on, there must be preparation. Our worldly affairs must be so ordered, that they may not hinder us from our sabbath work; and our holy affections so stirred up, that they may carry us on in it. In whatever business we engage, or however our hearts may be affected, let us never fail to get ready for, and to keep holy, the day of sacred rest, which is the Lord's day.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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, , "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,) "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.

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The Burial of Jesus
…54And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. 55And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulcher, and how his body was laid. 56And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.
Deuteronomy 5:14 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants 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 that they might go to anoint Jesus' body.
Luke 24:1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.