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Passion Week – Day #11

Matthew 28:1 “Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.”

Mark 16:1 “When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint Him.”

Luke 24:1 “But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.”

John 20:1 “Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.”

And so begins a day that is full of controversy.

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Passion Week – Day #10

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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