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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.

KJV

Τῇ δὲ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων ὄρθρου βαθέως ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα ἦλθον φέρουσαι ἃ ἡτοίμασαν ἀρώματα.

Greek NT

Una autem sabbati valde diluculo venerunt ad monumentum, portantes quæ paraverant aromata :

Vulgate

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came unto the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

ASV

And on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βαθύς
bathus
adjective · 4×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
μνῆμα
mnema
noun · 10×
σάββατον
sabbaton
noun · 68×
φέρω
phero
verb · 68×
ἄρωμα
aroma
noun · 4×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἑτοιμάζω
etoimazo
verb · 41×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄρθρος
orthros
noun · 4×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα ἦλθον | WH/NIV: ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα ἦλθον | Treg/RP: ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα
  • ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα ἦλθον — SBLGNT
  • ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα ἦλθον — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἀρώματα | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀρώματα | RP: + καί τινες σὺν αὐταῖς
  • ἀρώματα — SBLGNT
  • ἀρώματα — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + καί τινες σὺν αὐταῖς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§641Mary Magdalene and the holy women who came to finish anointing the body of Jesus, which had been buried in haste because the Sabbath began on the evening of Good Friday, were the first to encounter the Risen One.497 Thus the women were the first messengers of Christ's Resurrection for the apostles themselves.498 They were the next to whom Jesus appears: first Peter, then the Tw…
§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…
47. If then for our sake He sanctifies Himself, and does this when He has become man, it is very plain that the Spirit's descent on Him in Jordan was a descent upon us, because of His bearing our body. And it did not take place for promotion to the Word, but again for our sanctification, that we might share His anointing, and of us it might be said, 'Do you not know that you ar…

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 2:24 — Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Luke 8:2 — And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
  • Luke 23:55 — And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
  • Luke 23:56 — And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
  • Luke 24:10 — It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
  • Mark 15:40 — There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
  • 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.
  • Matt 27:55 — And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
  • 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.