English Standard Version
Luke 23:55
55The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid.
Luke 23:55 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
- New International Version (NIV)The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid.
- New Living Translation (NLT)As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed.
Context of Luke 23:55
53Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid. 54It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning. The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. 56Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
Read all of Luke 23Luke 23:55 word by word
κατακολουθήσασαι δὲ αἱ γυναῖκες αἵτινες ἦσαν συνεληλυθυῖαι ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας αὐτῷ, ἐθεάσαντο τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ ὡς ἐτέθη τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- the womenγυνήgunē · womanG1135
- alsoκαίkai · andG2532
- whichὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
- ·εἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- cameσυνέρχομαιsunerchomai · to assembleG4905
- with himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- Galileeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- GalileeΓαλιλαίαGalilaia · GalileeG1056
- followed afterκατακολουθέωkatakoloutheō · to followG2628
- and beheldθεάομαιtheaomai · to look atG2300
- the sepulchreμνημεῖονmnēmeion · graveG3419
- howὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
- was laidτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
Cross-references for Luke 23:55
- Luke 23:49And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things.
- Luke 8:2and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
- Matthew 27:61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
- Mark 15:47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.
Commentaries on Luke 23:55
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 55The women also, which came - These were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, Luke 24:10. To these three, Mark, in Mark 16:1, adds, Salome; but some think that this was only a surname of one of these Marys.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 50-56Verses 50-56 See the Matthew 27:57-61 notes; Mark 15:42-47 notes.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 50-56Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 55-56The women took special note of the tomb’s location because they would return with spices and ointments to anoint his body. The spices were to mask the stench of a rotting corpse. A body would be placed on a stone bench in the side of the tomb until the flesh decomposed. The bones would then be collected and placed in a small ossuary, or bone box, and placed on a shelf in the tomb. In this way, a tomb could be used for many family members over an extended…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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