Why did the women want to anoint the body of Jesus after the burial?

[TonyChanYT]

After the Sabbath, Mark 16:

1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

Note that this was not embalming which was a far more complex procedure.

Just before the Sabbath, Matthew 27:

57 As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 58 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth*, 60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. 61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

The wrapping itself was a common practice, Act 5:

5 When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. 6Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.

Nicodemus brought a great amount of spices, John 19:

39 Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.

Ellicott:

“Aloes” are not elsewhere mentioned in the New Testament, but they are joined with myrrh in the Messianic Psalm 45:8. The aloe is an Eastern odoriferous wood—to be distinguished from the aloes of commerce—and chips of the better kinds are now said to be worth their weight in gold. The myrrh and aloes were probably pulverised and mixed together, and then placed in the linen in which the body was wrapped.
The quantity is clearly much more than could have been placed in the linen which surrounded the body; but the offering was one of love, and part of it may have been placed in the sepulchre.

Joseph and Nicodemus were in a hurry because of the approaching Sabbath evening.

Then, in Mark 16:

1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

Why did the women want to anoint Jesus after his body had already been laid in the tomb?

Just before the Sabbath, the men Joseph and Nicodemus did what they could quickly to wrap Jesus' body and spread the spices on the body and inside the tomb. After the Sabbath, the women intended to perform more meticulous work on Jesus' body.

 

[Zachariah.]

Because the womb of God and the anointing process is a feminine principle. So it is symbolically correct to have female's doing the anointing.

When people are born again correctly, the heart rests in a place of compassion, and they do not taste death. Because it is an internal, emotional quality, it's considered feminine.

 

[David in NJ]

After the Sabbath, Mark 16:


Note that this was not embalming which was a far more complex procedure.

Just before the Sabbath, Matthew 27:


The wrapping itself was a common practice, Act 5:


Nicodemus brought a great amount of spices, John 19:


Ellicott:


Joseph and Nicodemus were in a hurry because of the approaching Sabbath evening.

Then, in Mark 16:


Why did the women want to anoint Jesus after his body had already been laid in the tomb?

Just before the Sabbath, the men Joseph and Nicodemus did what they could quickly to wrap Jesus' body and spread the spices on the body and inside the tomb. After the Sabbath, the women intended to perform more meticulous work on Jesus' body.

Dead bodies STINK

 

[GerhardEbersoehn]

After the Sabbath, Mark 16:

Note that this was not embalming which was a far more complex procedure.

Note that this was "sweet spices BOUGHT", not prepared and not applied.

 

[GerhardEbersoehn]

Just before the Sabbath, Matthew 27:

The wrapping itself was a common practice, Act 5:

Matthew 27 up to verse 61 happened and reached up to three hours "mid-afternoon the Sabbath nearing That Day the Preparation", Luke 23:54. Matthew 27 contains no word or suggestion of <wrapping ... before the Sabbath>.

 

[GerhardEbersoehn]

Just before the Sabbath, Matthew 27:

57 As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph

There is no <Just before the Sabbath ... there came Joseph> in Matthew 27 BEFORE verse 57 or anywhere in Matthew 27 for that matter.

 

[GerhardEbersoehn]

Just before the Sabbath, Matthew 27:

57 As evening approached
There is no <Just before the Sabbath ... As evening approached> in Matthew or anywhere in any Gospel for that matter.
Throw away that satanic NIV and get yourself the incomparable KJAV or and RSV.

 

[GerhardEbersoehn]

Joseph and Nicodemus were in a hurry because of the approaching Sabbath evening.

Says who? Not Scripture, no Gospel. But John 19:39,40 tells you, that "Nicodemus came to him - Joseph where he was busy "preparing the body to the custom of the Jews to bury", which was the Torah, "That First Night"--"solemnly to be observed", "WHEN IT HAD BECOME EVENING ALREADY", "THE FIRST DAY THEY seven days ATE unleavened bread", "This, That First Night" of ""the fifteenth day in the First Month".

 

[Webers_Home]

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Re: Why did the women want to anoint the body of Jesus after the burial?

At the conclusion of most funeral services, people toss a handful of dirt on
the coffin as a means of closure. Well; Jesus was followed by an entourage
of women (Mark 15:40-41). It's only natural that a number of them would
want to participate in his burial in some way.
_

 

[GerhardEbersoehn]

Why did the women want to anoint Jesus after his body had already been laid in the tomb?

The question is one more about 'when' than about 'why' as is indisputably clear from the Subjunctive, virtual Future, Verbs which Mark uses, "so that when they would go they may / might anoint him". The three women "bought sweet spices when the Sabbath was over / had gone through", obviously for the sake of the one woman who was absent during the burial and by no means could have known even that Jesus' body got buried on Friday, so they were obliged to wait for the Sabbath to pass before they "would go so that / for the purpose of anointing the body".

 

[GerhardEbersoehn]

Just before the Sabbath, the men Joseph and Nicodemus did what they could quickly to wrap Jesus' body and spread the spices on the body and inside the tomb. After the Sabbath, the women intended to perform more meticulous work on Jesus' body.

After the Crucifixion "it having had become evening the Preparation---Thursday after sunset the Sixth Day (Friday)---already having begun", not <the men Joseph and Nicodemus> but "the man, one Joseph", did what he possibly could "to obtain the body of Jesus" THEN STILL HANGING ON THE CROSS NOT YET TAKEN DOWN NOR REMOVED but there, to the embarrassment of the Jewish leadership in the eye of anyone and everyone, HANGING, HUNG, ON THIS "THAT SELFSAME BONE-ESSENTIAL DAY" of "great / high sabbath of" the passover of the Jews, the 15th day of "Abib the First Month to you" the Jews. Stick to the data, the only data being the Written Record, the Gospels.

 

[David in NJ]

After the Crucifixion "it having had become evening the Preparation---Thursday after sunset the Sixth Day (Friday)---already having begun", not <the men Joseph and Nicodemus> but "the man, one Joseph", did what he possibly could "to obtain the body of Jesus" THEN STILL HANGING ON THE CROSS NOT YET TAKEN DOWN NOR REMOVED but there, to the embarrassment of the Jewish leadership in the eye of anyone and everyone, HANGING, HUNG, ON THIS "THAT SELFSAME BONE-ESSENTIAL DAY" of "great / high sabbath of" the passover of the Jews, the 15th day of "Abib the First Month to you" the Jews. Stick to the data, the only data being the Written Record, the Gospels.

"It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath.
In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed."

What was the "High Sabbath" that was the next day?

 

[JohnDB]

Why?
Because according to women...
Men never do anything right!

They likely didn't know about the tomb getting sealed. Yes, they likely knew about the burial but not the tomb sealing.

Preparation Day is part of Passover WEEK. In Westernized society we view Passover as a single meal....it is not.

It is a week of various activities and rituals steeped in symbolism. The getting rid of yeast and yeast risen bread...the gifts to the poor...the hiding of the matzo...the requisite teachings to the children....all kinds of rituals all week long.

Preparation day is a day that ends in rest....and the rest is not up to interpretation...you either rested or faced capital punishment

 

[GerhardEbersoehn]

"It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath.
In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed."

What was the "High Sabbath" that was the next day?

<What was the "High Sabbath" that was the next day?> Where do you read <that was the next day>? No friend, Stick to the data, the only data being the Written Record, the Gospels. There's no data <that was the next day>! On the contrary, the Written Data reads, "It having had become evening the Preparation the Preparation (Sixth Day of the week) already having begun", "a man, one Joseph, to obtain the body of Jesus" "THAT SELFSAME BONE-ESSENTIAL DAY" the second of the passover / exodus "three days" that the Jews ATE the passover and that which remained of it they burned to ashes on, "That Day" was it, the 15th day of Abib "THE FIRST DAY OF FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD SEVEN DAYS".
John was the first ever to call "THIS, THAT DAY", "great" (or 'high' KJV) day-of-rest. 'great'---'ehn gar megaleh heh hemera ekeineh tou sabbatou'.

 

[GerhardEbersoehn]

Why?
Because according to women...
Men never do anything right!

They likely didn't know about the tomb getting sealed. Yes, they likely knew about the burial but not the tomb sealing.

Preparation Day is part of Passover WEEK. In Westernized society we view Passover as a single meal....it is not.

It is a week of various activities and rituals steeped in symbolism. The getting rid of yeast and yeast risen bread...the gifts to the poor...the hiding of the matzo...the requisite teachings to the children....all kinds of rituals all week long.

Preparation day is a day that ends in rest....and the rest is not up to interpretation...you either rested or faced capital punishment

Could have been a good post

 

[JohnDB]

Could have been a good post

Didn't like the "Men don't do anything right" comment eh?

It's just a joke to lighten the mood. But think about how they will remember the information.

 

[David in NJ]

<What was the "High Sabbath" that was the next day?> Where do you read <that was the next day>? No friend, Stick to the data, the only data being the Written Record, the Gospels. There's no data <that was the next day>! On the contrary, the Written Data reads, "It having had become evening the Preparation the Preparation (Sixth Day of the week) already having begun", "a man, one Joseph, to obtain the body of Jesus" "THAT SELFSAME BONE-ESSENTIAL DAY" the second of the passover / exodus "three days" that the Jews ATE the passover and that which remained of it they burned to ashes on, "That Day" was it, the 15th day of Abib "THE FIRST DAY OF FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD SEVEN DAYS".
John was the first ever to call "THIS, THAT DAY", "great" (or 'high' KJV) day-of-a-rest. 'great'---'ehn gar megaleh heh hemera ekeineh tou sabbatou'.

Let us FIRST look at this scripture friend:

"It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath.
In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed."

What was the 'High Sabbath' of the next day per the scripture posted herein.

 

[Grailhunter]

Men handle male bodies and women prepare female bodies; modesty is preserved even in death.

Tahara, Preparing the Body for Burial | My Jewish Learning

Tahara, Jewish Ritual Purification. Jewish Burial and Mourning Practices. Jewish Death and Mourning. Jewish Bereavement. Jewish Lifecycle

www.myjewishlearning.com

 

[TonyChanYT]

Men handle male bodies and women prepare female bodies; modesty is preserved even in death.

Tahara, Preparing the Body for Burial | My Jewish Learning

Tahara, Jewish Ritual Purification. Jewish Burial and Mourning Practices. Jewish Death and Mourning. Jewish Bereavement. Jewish Lifecycle

www.myjewishlearning.com

How do you interpret Mark 16:

1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

 

[GerhardEbersoehn]

Let us FIRST look at this scripture friend:

"It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath.
In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed."

No! Let us first put it straight, you have NO Scripture between the apostrophes, you have a FALSE, falsely claimed 'translation', in other words, there is FRAUD between the quotation marks. And to prove what I say is true, I ask you to quote the Greek words ostensibly translated, 'and the next day was a High Sabbath'. You cannot. No Greek words to prove your case means the absence of Greek words proves my case. But more, the real Greek words are the prove that:
Since it was Preparation (already having become evening Mark 15:42)
ἐπεὶ Παρασκευὴ ἦν (ἤδη ὀψίας γενομένης Mark 15:42)

because That Day was the High-day-of-rest-of(the First Sheaf)
ἦν γὰρ μεγάλη ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνου τοῦ σαββάτου.

the Jews then / therefore besought Pilate, that
οἱ οὖν Ἰουδαῖοι ἠρώτησαν τὸν Πειλᾶτον· ἵνα

the bodies should not remain on the cross on the day-of-rest-of(the First Sheaf)
μὴ μείνῃ ἐπὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ τὰ σώματα ἐν τῷ σαββάτῳ

their legs might be broken and they might be taken away.
ἵνα κατεαγῶσιν αὐτῶν τὰ σκέλη καὶ ἀρθῶσιν (τὰ σώματα).