The women maintain their watch and rest on the Sabbath (beginning 6 P.M.) while the Pharisees have a guard of Roman soldiers to keep watch over the Roman seal on the tomb.
Friday afternoon till Saturday afternoon
| Mark 15:47 | Matt. 27:61-66 | Luke 23:55-56 |
| 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid. | 61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. 62 Now on the morrow, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate, 63 saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again. 64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first. 65 Pilate said unto them, 1Ye have a guard: go your way, 2make it as sure as ye can. 66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them. | 55 And the women, which had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and beheld the tomb, and how his body was laid. 56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbatha they rested according to the commandment [see Ex. 12:16; 20:8-11; Deut. 5:12-15]. |
1 Or, Take a guard.
2 Gr. make it sure, as ye know.
a Luke ([23:54]) notes that "the Sabbath drew on" after the burial on Friday afternoon. The Sabbath began at 6 P.M. Then Luke notes that the women rested during the Sabbath (our Friday night and Saturday).
PART XIV
THE RESURRECTION, APPEARANCES, AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST
During forty days beginning with Sunday after the death of Christ. Spring of A.D. 30 (or 29). Judea and Galilee.a §§ 169-184.
a Of this period we see that he remained at or near Jerusalem for a week. Then he probably left at once for Galilee ([Matt. 28:7]; [Mark 16:7]). In the month that followed we cannot fix the exact time of the events that occurred in Galilee, but just at the end of the forty days we find him again in Jerusalem.