Be Still And Know

READ: Luke 23.55-56 NLT 'As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed. Then they went home and prepared spices and ointments to anoint his body. But by the time they were finished the Sabbath had begun, so they rested as required by the law.' There is something beautifully impressive about these verses. The women must have been totally devastated by the death of their Lord. I would imagine that they were experiencing a mixture of devastation, anger and also fear that the Romans might be coming after them next. But, amidst all of this, they were concerned to do the right thing and to anoint the body of Jesus. On the Friday itself there was very little time to do anything. Jesus had died at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and the Jewish Sabbath began at about 6 o’clock. Joseph of Arimathea asked for the body of Jesus and he probably did so to avoid the corpse being left to the dogs and vultures which was normal practice with the bodies of criminals. Joseph wa