“Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.” — Luke 23:56 (NASB)
The Day No One Talks About
Between the agony of Good Friday and the triumph of Resurrection Sunday lies a day the Gospels barely mention: Silent Saturday.
It’s a day of stillness. A day of waiting. A day when it seemed like God wasn’t moving.
Luke 23:56 tells us that after Jesus died, His followers “returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.” That’s it. That’s all Scripture records about the disciples’ activity on this day.
And yet, in that one verse, a whole world of emotion and faith is silently held together.
A Day of Grief and Obedience
Imagine what the disciples and women must have felt. Jesus was dead. Their Teacher, their Hope, the One who had walked on water and raised the dead—now buried in a tomb.
And yet, even in their pain, they rested on the Sabbath, obeying the Law (Exodus 20:8-11). They didn’t abandon their faith. They didn’t storm the tomb. They didn’t run away.
They waited.
God Was Still Working
Though nothing seemed to be happening, we know what they didn’t:
God was not absent.
Heaven was not inactive.
Hell was not triumphant.
The silence of Saturday was not the absence of God’s power—it was the prelude to resurrection.
As Jesus’s body lay in the grave, His work of redemption was unfolding. He had declared on the cross, “It is finished” (John 19:30), and the curtain in the temple was torn (Luke 23:45), symbolizing that access to God was forever changed. The silence was not abandonment—it was fulfillment.
When You Don’t Hear God
Silent Saturday reminds us of the times when God feels distant. When we pray and hear no answer. When we obey, and yet pain lingers. When we live between the “It is finished” and the “He is risen.”
Faith is not proven in the noise of miracles. Faith is proven in the silence of waiting.
Just as the women obeyed and rested, even in their sorrow, we too are called to trust God when the heavens seem quiet.
“The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him.” — Lamentations 3:25 (NASB)
Resurrection Was Coming
They didn’t know Sunday was only hours away.
They didn’t know angels would roll the stone away (Luke 24:2).
They didn’t know Jesus would walk among them again.
But God knew. And He was already at work.
On Silent Saturday, we remember:
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Faith rests even when it doesn’t understand.
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Obedience matters even in grief.
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God works even when He’s silent.
Don’t rush past Saturday. Sit in it. Feel the stillness. And remember: resurrection always follows the silence.
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