04-28-2014, 03:07 AM
I have seen some people try to make some hay out of the statements in Luke 23:56 and Mark 16:1, which show that the women prepared spices both before and after the Sabbath, but it seems quite clear to me that they prepared spices sometime, say from 3:30pm until sundown that Friday late afternoon till sundown, which could have been about 7pm that time of year. Then they rested on the Sabbath day from Friday sundown till Saturday sundown....then the Sabbath ended...and they continued their work of preparation that evening, and looks like they needed more, so they bought more that evening after the Sabbath.
So they worked on the spices a few hours before the Sabbath (Luke 23:56), then rested on the Sabbath, then when the Sabbath was over they worked on the spices again for a few hours, buying some more at the store, before they were ready to bring them to the tomb early the next morning right before the sunrise.
I don't see a conflict with what is written there, or any need that two Sabbaths happened from the time of the crucifixion till the resurrection. Just one will do just fine.
So, they prepared the spices from about 3:30 to about 7pm on Friday night, rested on the Sabbath/Saturday from sundown Fri night to sundown Sat night...then about 7pm Saturday night, after the Sabbath had ended, they went to buy more spices and continued to prepare them that evening, then they got up very early on Sunday/1st day of the week before sunrise, bringing the spices (Luke 24:1) which they had been working on, since both before the Sabbath late on Friday afternoon, and then from about 7pm on Saturday night after the Sabbath had ended, till they went to bed that evening, (unless they stayed up all night to work on them) then they left to anoint the body of Jesus in the tomb sometime before the sun rose that Sunday morning.
No problem there. Is there anything in what is written in Scripture showing that this can't be how it happened?
So they worked on the spices a few hours before the Sabbath (Luke 23:56), then rested on the Sabbath, then when the Sabbath was over they worked on the spices again for a few hours, buying some more at the store, before they were ready to bring them to the tomb early the next morning right before the sunrise.
I don't see a conflict with what is written there, or any need that two Sabbaths happened from the time of the crucifixion till the resurrection. Just one will do just fine.
So, they prepared the spices from about 3:30 to about 7pm on Friday night, rested on the Sabbath/Saturday from sundown Fri night to sundown Sat night...then about 7pm Saturday night, after the Sabbath had ended, they went to buy more spices and continued to prepare them that evening, then they got up very early on Sunday/1st day of the week before sunrise, bringing the spices (Luke 24:1) which they had been working on, since both before the Sabbath late on Friday afternoon, and then from about 7pm on Saturday night after the Sabbath had ended, till they went to bed that evening, (unless they stayed up all night to work on them) then they left to anoint the body of Jesus in the tomb sometime before the sun rose that Sunday morning.
No problem there. Is there anything in what is written in Scripture showing that this can't be how it happened?