Mark's Account of the Resurrection, Part 2 (TMF:1042)

Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Peace to Live By: Mark's Account of the Resurrection, Part 2 (TMF:1042) - Daniel Litton
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       Now, even though Nicodemus along with Joseph of Arimathea had already anointed Jesus’ body, these women still wanted to do it again. Perhaps they just wanted to do it themselves, or they wanted to freshen him up, so to speak. Whatever the case, it shows that they were not thinking he was going to rise from the dead. After all, if they believed he was going to, then why would they have been going to anoint his body? Apparently as they walked to the tomb, they were having a discussion among themselves as to who would roll away the stone that was covering the tomb. Obviously, the stone there was large, and the women themselves could not have rolled it away, nor would they have likely tried. Now, we read the following from Luke’s account, which will help us understand Mark’s: “Then he [Joseph of Arimathea] took it [the body of Jesus] down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid. It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning. The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment” (Luke 23:53-56, ESV).