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.
KJV
καὶ λίαν πρωῒ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων ἔρχονται ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα, ἀνατείλαντος τοῦ ἡλίου.
Greek NT
Et valde mane una sabbatorum, veniunt ad monumentum, orto jam sole.
Vulgate
And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the sun was risen.
ASV
And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λίαν
lian
adverb · 14×
μνῆμα
mnema
noun · 10×
πρωΐ
proi
adverb · 12×
σάββατον
sabbaton
noun · 68×
ἀνατέλλω
anatello
verb · 9×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἥλιος
elios
noun · 32×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: τῇ μιᾷ τῶν | WH/NIV: τῇ μιᾷ τῶν | Treg: μιᾷ τῶν | RP: τῆς μιᾶς
- τῇ μιᾷ τῶν — SBLGNT
- τῇ μιᾷ τῶν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- μιᾷ τῶν — Tregelles
- τῆς μιᾶς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 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…
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 15:4 — And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
- 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 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.
- 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.