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. AND WHEN THE SABBATH WAS PAST - that is, at sunset of our Saturday, MARY MAGDALENE [SEE THE NOTE AT LUKE 8:2 ], AND MARY THE MOTHER OF JAMES [JAMES THE LESS (SEE THE NOTE AT MARK 15:40 )], AND SALOME - the mother of Zebedee's sons (compare Mark 15:40 with Matthew 27:56), HAD BOUGHT SWEET SPICES, THAT THEY MIGHT COME AND ANOINT HIM. The word is simply 'bought' ...

Mark 16:1._And when the Sabbath was past. _The meaning is the same as in Matthew, _In the evening, which began to dawn towards the first day of the Sabbaths, _and in Luke, on _the first day of the Sabbaths. _For while we know that the Jews began to reckon their day from the commencement of the preceding night, everybody understands, that when the Sabbath was past, the women resolved among themselves to visit the sepulcher, so as to come there before the dawn of day. The two Evangelists give the name of _the first day of the Sabbaths, _to that which came first in order between two Sabbaths. Some of the Latin translators (302) have rendered it _one, _and many have been led into this blunder through ignorance of the Hebrew language; for though ( אחד) sometimes means _one, _and sometimes first

1-8 Nicodemus brought a large quantity of spices, but these good women did not think that enough. The respect others show to Christ, should not hinder us from showing our respect. And those who are carried by holy zeal, to seek Christ diligently, will find the difficulties in their way speedily vanish. When we put ourselves to trouble and expense, from love to Christ, we shall be accepted, though our endeavours are not successful. The sight of the angel might justly have encouraged them, but they were affrighted. Thus many times that which should be matter of comfort to us, through our own mistake, proves a terror to us. He was crucified, but he is glorified. He is risen, he is not here, not dead, but alive again; hereafter you will see him, but you may here see the place where he was laid. Thus seasonable comforts will be sent to those that lament after the Lord Jesus. Peter is particu...

CHAPTER XVI. _Early in the morning after the Sabbath, the three Marys come to_ _the sepulchre, bringing sweet spices to embalm the body_, 1-4. _They see an angel who announces the resurrection of our Lord_, 5-8. _Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene, who goes and tells the_ _disciples_, 9-11. _He appears also to the two disciples who were going into the_ _country, who also tell it to the rest_, 12, 13. _Afterwards he appears unto the eleven, and commissions them to_ _preach the Gospel to all mankind_, 14-16....

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 28:1. Mark 16:1 SWEET SPICES - “Aromatics.” Substances used in embalming. The idea of sweetness is not, however, implied in the original. Many of the substances used for embalming were “bitter” - as, for example, myrrh - and none of them, perhaps, could properly be called “sweet.” The word “spices” expresses all that there is in the original. ANOINT HIM - Embalm him, or apply these spices to his body to keep it from putrefaction. This is proof that they did not suppose he would rise again; and the fact that they did not “expect” he would rise, gives more strength to the evidence for his resurrection....

EXPOSITION MARK 16:1 AND WHEN THE SABBATH WAS PAST, MARY MAGDALENE, AND MARY THE MOTHER OF JAMES, AND SALOME, BOUGHT SPICES ἠγόρασαν ἀρώματα) THAT THEY MIGHT COME AND ANOINT HIM. A hasty but lavish embalming of our Lord's sacred body had been begun on Friday evening by Joseph and Nicodemus. They had "brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight" (John 19:39). This would be a compound—the gum of the myrrh tree, and a powder of the fragrant aloe wood mixed together, with which they would completely cover the body, which was then swathed with linen cloths (ὀθόνια), also steeped in the aromatic preparation. Then the sindon_ _would he placed over all. Compare the ἐ

AND WHEN THE SABBATH WAS PAST,.... "In the end of it", as Matthew says, Matthew 28:1; not "when it was the sabbath", as the Arabic version reads; for it was not lawful to buy spices, and anoint with on the sabbath day; Matthew 28:1. MARY MAGDALENE, AND MARY, [THE MOTHER OF JAMES,] AND SALOME; who was the wife of Zebedee, and the mother of the other James and John: HAD BOUGHT SWEET SPICES; or "brought", as the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions read; for though the women might have bought some on the preparation day, the day before the sabbath, the same evening that Christ was buried, Luke 23:56, yet, they might buy more for the same purpose, after the sabbath was over: for this t

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. And very early in. the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun._ Their love made them prompt. Their affection was about to attempt a needless, and, indeed, impossible thing; yet I do not doubt that it was acceptable before God. Oh, that we had such hove that even the dead body of the Christ should be so dear to us that we should be ready at great expense to anoint it! I fear that, nowadays, even his living Word is not valued as it should be. How few, therefore, should we be likely to find who would have cared for his dead body! These holy women had had cause enough to love their Lord, and they showed that their hearts were full of affection for him even after he had been taken

MARK 16:1 diagenome,nou tou/ sabba,tou … kai. Salw,mh {A} The omission by D itk of the names of the two women (who are identified in the previous sentence) is clearly in the interest of simplification, and the omission by D itd, n of mention of the passing of the sabbath allows the purchase of the spices to take place on Friday (as similarly Luke 23:56). The overwhelming preponderance of attestation of all other witnesses supports the text adopted by the Committee....

PART V. THE SERVANT HIGHLY EXALTED. RISEN AND ASCENDED; HIS COMMISSION TO HIS SERVANTS AND WORKING WITH THEM Chapter 16 _ 1. The Resurrection and His Manifestation. (Mark 16:1 .Matthew 28:1; Luke 24:1; John 20:1 .)_ 2. The Commission. (Mark 16:9. Luke 24:36; John 20:19 .) 3. The Ascension. (Mar