Matthew 28:1

ὄψε denotes a longer interval after sunset than ἑσπέρα.

σάββατα. Plural in both senses, ‘sabbath’ and ‘week.’

τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ. Cp. Luke 23:54, σάββατον ἐπέφωσκεν, the only other passage where the word occurs, the cognate form ἐπιφαύσκειν is classical, and occurs four times in the LXX. version of Job: ἢ οὐχ ὁρῶμεν ἥλιον τὸν ἐπιφασκοντα, Job 31:26. In Luke loc. cit. the word ἐπιφώσκειν is used not of the natural daybreak, but of the commencement of the sabbath after sunset on the παρασκευή. Here, as we see from the parallel passages (Luke 24:1, ὂρθρου βαθέως; Mark 16:2, λίαν πρωῒ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων; John 20:1, πρωΐ σκοτίας ἔτι οὔσης), it means the early dawn.

θεωρῆσαι τὸν τάφον. Both St Mark and St Luke mention that they brought spices and ointments.