“And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 24 ‘Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the LORD.'”
– Leviticus 23:23-25
It is now the morning of the weekly Sabbath. Yeshua has been in the tomb for three nights and this is the third day. His resurrection will happen sometime this evening. (The tomb won’t be open until morning, but that’s a story for tomorrow.) The women have carried His passion since His crucifixion. They were there at the cross watching Him die, at the tomb watching Joseph and Nicodemus, and they bought spices to anoint His body. They were only waiting for this Sabbath to be over so they could go to the tomb with the spices.
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Not much is said about the Friday after His death. Mark 16:1 records that “When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body.” Luke 23:56 records that “Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.”
Reconciling these two things is a matter of debate. Mark’s account appears that the Sabbath mentioned is the weekly Sabbath (Saturday) because verse two says that they went to the tomb on the first day of the week. In Luke’s account, verse 55 says the women watched where Joseph placed the body, and then they went home to prepare spices. So, what is the timing of the women and the spices? Did they have spices at home to prepare, or did they buy the spices after the Sabbath before going to the tomb? And if the latter is the case, then when did they prepare the spices?
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“Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the LORD.”
Leviticus 23:32
“It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath.”
Yom Kippur begins at sundown on October 4, 2022.
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