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Luke 23:55 KJV
Luke · chapter 23 · verse 55
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.Luke 23:55 · King James Version
Luke 23:55 in context
53And 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.
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 sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
56And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sepulchremnēmeionany visible object for preserving or recalling the memory of any person or thing, a…G3419 →
- GalileegalilaiaGalilee = " Circuit" , the name of a region of northern Palestine, bounded on the…G1056 →
- beheldtheaomaito behold, look upon, view attentively, contemplate , of important persons that are…G2300 →
- womengynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
- afterkatakoloutheōto follow afterG2628 →
- cameēnI was, etcG2258 →
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We have here an account of Christ's burial; for he must be brought not only to death, but to the dust of death (Psa 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;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 50-56