“And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.”
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body — the Sabbath's end (Saturday after sunset) is the first moment the women can purchase spices; they buy them Saturday night and come to the tomb at dawn Sunday. The anointing intention communicates that they are coming to complete the burial that the approaching Sabbath had prevented. The same three women who observed the burial (Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Joseph/James, Salome) are now returning to serve the dead as the chapter's first act.
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