Mark 16:1

New Century Version

The day after the Sabbath day, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought some sweet-smelling spices to put on Jesus’ body.

Cross References

Genesis 50:2

He commanded the doctors who served him to prepare his father’s body, so the doctors prepared Jacob’s body to be buried.

2 Chronicles 16:14

The people buried Asa in the tomb he had made for himself in Jerusalem. They laid him on a bed filled with spices and different kinds of mixed perfumes, and they made a large fire to honor him.

Mark 14:3

Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, who had a skin disease. While Jesus was eating there, a woman approached him with an alabaster jar filled with very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She opened the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus’ head.

Mark 14:8

This woman did the only thing she could do for me; she poured perfume on my body to prepare me for burial.

Mark 15:40

Some women were standing at a distance from the cross, watching; among them were Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph. (James was her youngest son.)

Mark 15:42

This was Preparation Day. (That means the day before the Sabbath day.) That evening,

Mark 15:47

And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw the place where Jesus was laid.

Mark 16:2

Very early on that day, the first day of the week, soon after sunrise, the women were on their way to the tomb.

Mark 16:8

The women were confused and shaking with fear, so they left the tomb and ran away. They did not tell anyone about what happened, because they were afraid. ______________________________ Verses 9–20 are not included in some of the earliest surviving Greek copies of Mark. [

Luke 23:54

This was late on Preparation Day, and when the sun went down, the Sabbath day would begin.

Luke 23:56

Then the women left to prepare spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath day they rested, as the law of Moses commanded.

Luke 24:1

Very early on the first day of the week, at dawn, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.

John 19:25

Standing near his cross were Jesus’ mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

John 19:31

This day was Preparation Day, and the next day was a special Sabbath day. Since the religious leaders did not want the bodies to stay on the cross on the Sabbath day, they asked Pilate to order that the legs of the men be broken and the bodies be taken away.