Mark 16:2

Plain English Version

Early on Sunday morning, when the sun was just starting to come up, they went to that cave to find Jesus’s body.

Cross References

Matthew 28:1

On Sunday morning, Mary Magdalene, and another woman that was called Mary, they got up really early and went to look at the cave that had Jesus’s body in it.

Mark 16:1

The next day was Saturday. It was their rest day. When the sun went down, that rest day was finished. Then some women went and bought some perfume to put on Jesus’s body, so they could bury him the right way. They were Mary Magdalene, and Salomi, and Mary the mother of James.

Mark 16:3

As they walked along, they said to each other, “Who will roll away that big stone to open up the cave for us? It’s way too big for us.”

John 20:1

After the Jewish rest day finished, Mary Magdalene went to the cave where the men put Jesus’s body. It was early on Sunday morning, and it was still dark. She got a shock when she saw the cave. It was open. The stone didn’t block that cave any more.