Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Bible References

Prepared

Luke 24:1
But at early dawn on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
2 Chronicles 16:14
and he was buried in his own tomb that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. He was laid out on a bier that had been filled with various spices prepared by morticians, and the mourners built a massive bonfire to honor his memory.
Mark 16:1
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint Jesus.

Rested

Exodus 20:8
"Remember the Sabbath day, maintaining its holiness.
Exodus 31:14
You are to observe the Sabbath, because it's holy for you. Whoever profanes it is certainly to die; indeed, whoever does work on it is to be cut off from among his people.
Exodus 35:2
For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest in dedication to the LORD. Anyone who does work on that day is to be executed.
Isaiah 58:13
"If you keep your feet from trampling the Sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable; and if you honor it by not going your own ways and seeking your own pleasure or speaking merely idle words,
Jeremiah 17:24
If you listen to me carefully," declares the LORD, "and don't bring a load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and you consecrate the Sabbath day and don't do any work on it,

General references

Leviticus 23:3
Six days you may work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work. It's a Sabbath to the LORD wherever you live.
Deuteronomy 5:13
Six days you are to labor and do all your work,
Matthew 26:12
When she poured this perfume on my body, she was preparing me for burial.
Mark 15:47
Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph observed where the body had been laid.

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