Mark 16:2

Mark 16:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
• New International Version (NIV)Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb
• English Standard Version (ESV)And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

Context of Mark 16:2

1And 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. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came to the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 3And they said among themselves, Who shall roll away for us the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

Mark 16:2 word by word

καὶ λίαν πρωῒ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων ἔρχονται ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον ἀνατείλαντος τοῦ ἡλίου.Read the interlinear

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• veryλίανlian · greatlyG3029
• morningπρωΐprōi · earlyG4404
• firstμίαmia · firstG3391
• weekσάββατονsabbaton · SabbathG4521
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• toἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• sepulchreμνημεῖονmnēmeion · graveG3419
• risingἀνατέλλωanatellō · to riseG393
• sunἥλιοςhēlios · sunG2246

Cross-references for Mark 16:2

• Matthew 28:1In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
• Luke 24:1Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
• John 20:1The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

Commentaries on Mark 16:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Very early in the morning, - This was the time they left their own houses, and by the rising of the sun they got to the tomb. As the preceding day was the Sabbath, they could not, consistently with the observances of that day, approach the tomb. See the concluding notes at the end of John. The following observations from Lightfoot will serve to illustrate this subject. "The distinction of the twilight among the rabbins was this: - "I. השחרא איילחא The…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-8Verses 1-8 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 28:1-8. Mark 16:1 Sweet spices - “Aromatics.” Substances used in embalming. The idea of sweetness is not, however, implied in the original. Many of the substances used for embalming were “bitter” - as, for example, myrrh - and none of them, perhaps, could properly be called “sweet.” The word “spices” expresses all that there is in the original. Anoint him - Embalm him, or apply these spices to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. And very early in the morning--(See on Mt 28:1). the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun--not quite literally, but "at earliest dawn"; according to a way of speaking not uncommon, and occurring sometimes in the Old Testament. Thus our Lord rose on the third day; having lain in the grave part of Friday, the whole of Saturday, and part of the following First day.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 16:2

• Jesus, the Christ
• Rising
• Salome
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Mary
• Receive
• Resurrection of Christ
• Sabbath
• Unbelief
• First
• Jesus Christ
• Lord's Day
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Salome

Commentaries on Mark 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings