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641 B
641 B
They returned
"The women went to the houses where the women were staying"
prepared spices and ointments
Because they had had no time to honor Jesus by putting fragrant spices and ointments on his body on the day he died, they were going to do it on the morning of the first day of the week. Alternate translation: "prepared spices and ointments to put on Jesus' body" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
they rested
"the women did no work"
according to the commandment
"according to the Jewish law" or "as the Jewish law required." They were not allowed to prepare his body on the Sabbath according to the law.