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NASB | Mark 16:1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might come and anoint Him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 16:1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome purchased [sweet-smelling] spices, so that they might go and anoint Him. [Matt 28:1-8; Luke 24:1-10; John 20:1-8] |
Bible Question: Some people affirm that Jesus was resurrected on Saturday, which make a lot of sense if we take the tradition out of the scenario and follow the New Testament as it was written in the original Greek. But, this text seams to be proving that these women where keeping the Sabbath as Jews do, other way why they needed to wait till the Sabbath was over to purchase the spices. Is there any explanation for it? |
Bible Answer: You need to rethink this situation remembering that a Jewish day ran from 6pm through midnight and through to 6PM of the next day. Thus a Jewish sabbath would begin at 6 PM on our Friday and end at 6 pm on our Saturday. So if the women waited until after the Sabbath which would include both our Friday and Saturday they would have had to wait until Saturday after 6 PM. Scripture says it was morning so that leaves their Saturday morning or our Sunday morning. Confusing but lay it out on paper showing the Jewish day 6PM to PM and the our day 12 midnight to 12 midnight. |
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