Mark 16:1

The Passion Translation

On the first day of the week, as the Sabbath was ending, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Jacob, and Salome made their way to the tomb. It was very early in the morning as the first streaks of light were beginning to be seen in the sky. They had purchased aromatic embalming spices so that they might anoint his body.

Cross References

Genesis 50:2

When he was able to compose himself, he ordered the royal physicians to embalm his father. So, they began the required forty-day process. The Egyptians mourned for Israel for seventy days,

Mark 14:3

Now Jesus was in Bethany, in the home of Simon, a man Jesus had healed of leprosy. And as he was reclining at the table, a woman came into the house, with an alabaster flask filled with the highest quality of fragrant and expensive oil. She came to Jesus, and with a gesture of extreme devotion, she broke the flask and poured out the precious oil over his head.

Mark 14:8

When she poured the fragrant oil over me, she was preparing my body in advance of my burial. She has done all that she could to honor me.

Mark 15:40

Watching from a distance, away from the crowds, were many of the women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and had cared for him. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Jacob the younger and Joseph, and Salome. Many other women who had followed him to Jerusalem were there too.

Mark 15:42

Evening was fast approaching, and it was a preparation day before a Sabbath.

Mark 15:47

Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph were there and saw exactly where they laid the body of Jesus.

Mark 16:8

They staggered out of the tomb, awestruck, with their minds swirling. They ran to tell the disciples, but they were so afraid and amazed, they said nothing to anyone.

Luke 23:54

It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was fast approaching.

Luke 23:56

Afterward they returned home and prepared fragrant spices and ointments and were planning to anoint his body after the Sabbath was completed, according to the commandments of the law.

Luke 24:1

Very early that Sunday morning, the women made their way to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared.

John 19:25

Mary, Jesus’ mother, was standing next to his cross, along with Mary’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

John 19:31

The Jewish leaders did not want the bodies of the victims to remain on the cross through the next day, since it was the day of preparation for a very important Sabbath. So they asked Pilate’s permission to have the victims’ legs broken to hasten their death and their bodies taken down before sunset.