King James Version
What Does Luke 23:55 Mean?
“And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.”
Context
53
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
54
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
55
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
56
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(55) **And the women also.**—Here again we come upon traces of St. Luke’s informants. The other Gospels speak of one or two by name. He knows that others belonging to the company of women who came with Jesus from Galilee (note the recurrence of the same description as in Luke 23:49) had taken part in the work. They had stood within view of the cross. They saw the body taken down. They followed (it was not far) to the garden owned by Nicodemus.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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