“And also women were following, who were accompanying Him out of Galilee, who watched the tomb, and how His body was placed. And they returned and they prepared spices and ointment. And they rested on the Sabbath day according to the commandment.”   Luke 23:55-56 

Observe the love of the women to Jesus which (seemingly) surpasses that of the disciples’. When Christ was on His way to Calvary, His  disciples were nowhere to be found, probably watching  from afar, afraid to be associated with Jesus. But these women were following every event in the crucifixion. They  would not like to leave their eyes off Jesus. It was their  deep affection that  made them lingered. That is why they saw  the  tomb…

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