And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
The day was the preparation day, the day before the Sabbath, and Jesus was buried as evening came and the Sabbath was about to begin. Because the Sabbath was near He was placed hastily in the tomb, so that His disciples could keep the day according to the commandment. He was laid before the Sabbath began in a new tomb, Joseph's tomb.
The women then observed the Sabbath according to the commandment. The women who had followed Jesus saw Him laid in the tomb and stayed near it there in sorrow. The two Marys were the last at the sepulcher. The women prepared spices before the Sabbath and went to the tomb early on the first day of the week to anoint His body.
That Sabbath fell during the Passover observance, while Jesus, the antitypical Lamb prefigured by the Passover, lay slain in the tomb. The timing calls for beginning Sabbath preparations on Friday morning. All work is to be finished one hour before sundown, so one is ready for Sabbath reading.
The day was the preparation day, the day before the Sabbath, and Jesus was buried as evening came and the Sabbath was about to begin. Because the Sabbath was near He was placed hastily in the tomb, so that His disciples could keep the day according to the commandment. He was laid before the Sabbath began in a new tomb, Joseph's tomb.
The women then observed the Sabbath according to the commandment. The women who had followed Jesus saw Him laid in the tomb and stayed near it there in sorrow. The two Marys were the last at the sepulcher. The women prepared spices before the Sabbath and went to the tomb early on the first day of the week to anoint His body.
That Sabbath fell during the Passover observance, while Jesus, the antitypical Lamb prefigured by the Passover, lay slain in the tomb. The timing calls for beginning Sabbath preparations on Friday morning. All work is to be finished one hour before sundown, so one is ready for Sabbath reading.