Mark 16:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

After the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James bought some spices to put on Jesus' body.

Cross References

Genesis 50:2

Joseph gave orders for Jacob's body to be embalmed,

2 Chronicles 16:14

Earlier, Asa had his own tomb cut out of a rock hill in Jerusalem. So he was buried there, and the tomb was filled with spices and sweet-smelling oils. Then the people built a bonfire in his honour.

Mark 14:3

Jesus was eating in Bethany at the home of Simon, who once had leprosy, when a woman came in with a very expensive bottle of sweet-smelling perfume. After breaking it open, she poured the perfume on Jesus' head.

Mark 14:8

She has done all she could by pouring perfume on my body to prepare it for burial.

Mark 15:40

Some women were looking on from a distance. They had come with Jesus to Jerusalem. But even before this they had been his followers and had helped him while he was in Galilee. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joseph were two of these women. Salome was also one of them.

Mark 15:42

It was now the evening before the Sabbath, and the Jewish people were getting ready for that sacred day.

Mark 15:47

Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph were watching and saw where the body was placed.

Mark 16:2

Very early on Sunday morning, just as the sun was coming up, they went to the tomb.

Mark 16:8

When the women ran from the tomb, they were confused and shaking all over. They were too afraid to tell anyone what had happened.

Luke 23:54

It was Friday, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

Luke 23:56

Then they went to prepare some sweet-smelling spices for his burial. But on the Sabbath they rested, as the Law of Moses commands.

Luke 24:1

Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, carrying the spices that they had prepared.

John 19:25

Jesus' mother stood beside his cross with her sister and Mary the wife of Clopas. Mary Magdalene was standing there too.

John 19:31

The next day would be both a Sabbath and the Passover. It was a special day for the Jewish people, and they did not want the bodies to stay on the crosses during that day. So they asked Pilate to break the men's legs and take their bodies down.