[Diego1618]

The Greek structure shows that the chapter division must go in the middle of the Luke 23:56.

Absolutely correct!

A good way to say this is:

[LUKE 23:56b] And on the Sabbath, indeed, they rested, according to the command. [24:1] And on the first of the Sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain {others} with them.

Luke tells us that the women followed Joseph to the tomb and watched the burial of The Lord. Then we are informed that having returned they made ready spices and ointments. Since the Passover Sabbath was rapidly approaching while The Lord was being buried, the women could not have obtained and prepared the spices for His body that night, the 15th..... or the next day either....still the First Sabbath of Unleavened. Luke tells us here what they did, but he doesn't tell us when they did it. To answer the question of when the women acquired and made ready the spices, we must go to the Gospel of Mark:

[MARK 15:47] And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where he was laid. [16:1] Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

[Achi]

One problem that we run into is that the women may have bought and prepared the ointments and spices on Friday but they returned, according to Gregg's theory, on Sabbath. This would be breaking Sabbath. They would have been coming to the tomb to prepare the body (anoint it) on Sabbath. They would not have done this.

Another thing, the Jewish culture teaches that everything revolves around the Sabbath. When the Sabbath ends they start counting towards the next.

Like this:

Sunday = The first of Sabbaths

Monday = The second of sabbaths

Tuesday = The third of sabbaths

Wednesday = The fourth of sabbaths

Thursday = The fifth of sabbaths

Friday = Preparation Day

Saturday = Sabbath

I hope this helps

The research seems to never end. lol

-Jay