Now Rather, But.

very early in the morning Literally, at deep dawn, i.e. at the earliest morning twilight, -while it was yet dark" (John 20:1), though the sun began to rise before they reached the tomb (Mark 16:2 ).St John mentions only Mary of Magdala (John 20:1); St Matthew adds Mary, mother of James (Matthew 28:1); St Mark adds Salome (Mark 16:1); and St Luke Joanna, Luke 24:10. They may have gone singly or in small groups, the Marys being separate from the others. There is no discrepancy in the different narratives, although, as we might have expected, they are fragmentary and seem to reflect the varied and tumultuous emotions of those who were the first to see the Lord. The Easter music, as Lange says, is not -a monotonous chorale" but an impassioned fugue.

and certain others with the?n These words are probably spurious, not being in א, B, C, L.

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