Mark 16:2

Early on Sunday morning, when the sun was just starting to come up, the women went to the cave.

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In The King James Version

And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

In Context

1When the Jewish rest day was over, Mary Mag-da-lean (Magdalene), Sal-o-me (Salome), and Mary the mother of James went to buy some nice smelling oil. They wanted to put the oil on Jesus' body to bury him the right way.

3While they were walking along the road, they said to each other, “Who will roll that big stone away so that we can get into the cave?”

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Matthew Henry on Mark 16:2-9

The Women at the Sepulchre; The Apostles Reproved. 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. 2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 5 And entering… Read the whole commentary →

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