Mark 16:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ AND WHEN the Sabbath was past [that is, after the sun had set], Mary Magdalene, and Mary [the mother] of James, and Salome purchased sweet-smelling spices, so that they might go and anoint [Jesus' body].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

Common English Bible

¹ When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they could go and anoint Jesus’ dead body.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And when the Sabbath had passed, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices, so that when they arrived they could anoint Jesus.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ AND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought sweet spices, that coming, they might anoint Jesus.

Mark 16:1 Cross References

Genesis 50:2

Joseph commanded the physicians in his service to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel;

2 Chronicles 16:14

They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer’s art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.

Mark 14:3

While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head.

Mark 14:8

She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial.

Mark 15:40

There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome,

Mark 15:42

When evening had come, and since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Mark 15:47

Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was laid.

Mark 16:2

And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.

Mark 16:8

So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. [[And all that had been commanded them they told briefly to those around Peter. And afterward Jesus himself sent out through them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.]] [[

Luke 23:54

It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.

Luke 23:56

Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Luke 24:1

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared.

John 19:25

And that is what the soldiers did. Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

John 19:31

Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the Sabbath, especially because that Sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed.