The argument states that they could not purchase the spices after the Sabbath, yet prepare those spices before the Sabbath—unless there were two Sabbaths. With the two-Sabbath view, if Christ was crucified on Thursday, then the high holy Sabbath (the Passover) would have begun Thursday at sundown and ended at Friday sundown—at the beginning of the weekly Sabbath or Saturday. Purchasing the spices after the first Sabbath (Passover) would have meant they purchased them on Saturday and were breaking the Sabbath.
Katika jadilio lao husema hawangeweza kununua manukato baada ya sabato, na wakafanya tayari hayo manukato kabla ya sabato, labda kuwe kulikuwa na sabato mbili. Na hiyo dhana ya sabato mbili, kama Yesu alisulubiwa siku ya Alhamisi, kwa hivyo sabato takatifu (pasaka) ingekuwa imeanza Alhamisi jioni na kuisha Ijumaa jioni mwanzo wa kila sabato ya juma (Jumamosi). Kununua manukato baada ya sabato ya kwanza (pasaka) ingemaanisha waliyanunua Jumamosi walipokuwa wamemaliza sabato.