And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
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Interpretation
Many, though they do not make any show in outward profession, yet, like Joseph of Arimathea, will be far more ready to do real service, when there is occasion, than others who make a greater noise. Christ was buried in haste, because the sabbath drew on.
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This thought runs through Luke 23:52-56.