Did Christ's followers keep the Sabbath after His death?

Answer

"And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day according to the
commandment!' Luke 23: 56.

How was Christ to be received by His own people?
What is the ground of justification on God's part?
What is revealed by the law?
What did Christ say of those who will to do God's will?
What did the people once again promise to do?
What did He thus abolish?
What does the historian say of this legislation?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle