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John 20:1

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

KJV

Τῇ δὲ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων Μαρίαμ ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ἔρχεται πρωῒ σκοτίας ἔτι οὔσης εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον, καὶ βλέπει τὸν λίθον ἠρμένον ἐκ τοῦ μνημείου.

Greek NT

Una autem sabbati, Maria Magdalene venit mane, cum adhuc tenebræ essent, ad monumentum : et vidit lapidem sublatum a monumento.

Vulgate

Now on the firstdayof the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb.

ASV

And on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre: and she saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Μαγδαληνή
magdalene
noun · 12×
Μαρία
maria
noun · 54×
αἴρω
airo
verb · 101×
βλέπω
blepo
verb · 132×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λίθος
lithos
noun · 60×
μνημεῖον
mnemeion
noun · 37×
πρωΐ
proi
adverb · 12×
σάββατον
sabbaton
noun · 68×
σκοτία
skotia
noun · 16×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἔτι
eti
adverb · 94×
o
article · 19778×

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2174Jesus rose from the dead "on the first day of the week."104 Because it is the "first day," the day of Christ's Resurrection recalls the first creation. Because it is the "eighth day" following the sabbath,105 it symbolizes the new creation ushered in by Christ's Resurrection. For Christians it has become the first of all days, the first of all feasts, the Lord's Day (he kuriake…
1. As to believe carelessly and in a random way, comes of an over-easy temper; so to be beyond measure curious and meddlesome, marks a most gross understanding. On this account Thomas is held to blame. For he believed not the Apostles when they said, We have seen the Lord; not so much mistrusting them, as deeming the thing to be impossible, that is to say, the resurrection from…
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, came Jesus and stood in the midst. Calvin shows the resurrection appearances as demonstrations of Christ's victory over death. Thomas's confession — "My Lord and my God!" — is one of the clearest declarations of Christ's deity in all of Scripture. Christ's breathing upon the disciples and saying "Receive ye the Holy…
The necessity of His Resurrection The time of the Resurrection Its order Its cause Article 1. Whether it was necessary for Christ to rise again? Objection 1. It would seem that it was not necessary for Christ to rise again. For Damascene says (De Fide Orth. iv): "Resurrection is the rising again of an animate being, which was disintegrated and fallen." But Christ did not fall b…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 16:2 — Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
  • Acts 1:3 — To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
  • Acts 20:7 — And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
  • John 11:38 — Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
  • John 19:25 — Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
  • John 19:25 — Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
  • John 20:18 — Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
  • John 20:18 — Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
  • John 20:26 — And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
  • Luke 24:1 — Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
  • Luke 24:1 — Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
  • Mark 15:46 — And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
  • Mark 16:1 — 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.
  • Mark 16:1 — 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.
  • Mark 16:2 — And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
  • Mark 16:4 — And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
  • Mark 16:9 — Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
  • Matt 27:56 — Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.
  • Matt 27:60 — And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
  • Matt 27:64 — Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall
  • Matt 28:1 — In 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.
  • Matt 28:2 — And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
  • Rev 1:10 — I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,