Now as the Sabbath day ended and the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday] approached [Note: See Mark 16:1-2 for the exact timing], Mary from Magdala and the other Mary [i.e., Jesus’ mother. See Matt. 27:56] went to look at the grave site.
Mark 16:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And very early on the first day of the week, after sunrise [i.e., on Sunday morning], they went to the grave site. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And very early on the first day of the week they came to the tomb; [by then] the sun had risen. American Standard Version (1901) And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the sun was risen. Common English Bible Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they came to the tomb. Catholic Public Domain Version And very early in the morning, on the first of the Sabbaths, they went to the tomb, the sun having now risen. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen. |
Now as the Sabbath day ended and the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday] approached [Note: See Mark 16:1-2 for the exact timing], Mary from Magdala and the other Mary [i.e., Jesus’ mother. See Matt. 27:56] went to look at the grave site.
Now when the Sabbath day was over [i.e., after sunset on Saturday evening], Mary from Magdala; Mary the mother of James [i.e., the “other Mary” of Matt. 28:1, who was probably Jesus’ mother. See Matt. 27:56]; and Salome [i.e., the mother of James and John and wife of Zebedee. See Matt. 27:56], bought spices [i.e., consisting of aloes and other aromatic perfumes] in order to apply them to His body [i.e., as a means of embalming].
They were questioning among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the cave for us?”
Now at early dawn on the first day of the week [i.e., early Sunday morning], the women [See Mark 16:1] went to Jesus’ grave site, taking the spices which they had prepared [for His burial].
Now early [in the morning], while it was still dark on the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday], Mary from Magdala went to the [cave-like] tomb and saw the stone [had been] removed from [the entrance of] the tomb.