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. AND VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING [SEE THE NOTE AT ], THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, THEY CAME UNTO THE SEPULCHRE AT THE RISING OF THE SUN - not quite literally, but 'at earliest dawn;' according to a way of speaking not uncommon, and occurring sometimes in the Old Testament. Thus our Lord rose on the third day; having lain in the grave part of Friday, the whole of Saturday, and part of the following First day....

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...

Verse Mark 16:2. _VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING,_] This was the time they left their own houses, and by the rising of the sun they got to the tomb. As the preceding day was the Sabbath, they could not, consistently with the observances of that day, approach the tomb. _See the concluding notes at the end of John. "_John 21:25_"_ The following observations from Lightfoot will serve to illustrate this subject. "The distinction of the _twilight_ among the rabbins was this: - "I. איילחא השחרא _The hinde of the morning _- the first appearance. _R. Chaiia Rab, and R. Simeon ben Chalaphta, travelling together on_ _a certain morning in the valley of Arbel, saw the hinde of the_ morning, that its light spread the sky. R. Chaiia said, Su

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 VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING, THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK,.... Matthew 28:1. THEY CAME TO THE SEPULCHRE AT THE RISING OF THE SUN; of the sun of righteousness, as Mr. Mede observes; or rather, of the natural sun: for though it was dark when they set out, and when it dawned towards the first day, yet by that time that they all got to the sepulchre, the sun was rising; the Jews say g, that "from the ascending of the morning, or break of day, until the sun rises, is an hour and a half.'' And so much time may very well be allowed the women, from their setting out, to their coming to the sepulchre. Moreover, they say h, that "from the hind of the morning, to the time the east is enlightened, a man may walk four miles, and from the time that the east is enlightened, עד שתנץ החמה, "until the sun rises", four miles.'' But women mus

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

AND VERY EARLY For the ORDER OF EVENTS ON THE DAY OF THE RESURRECTION, and for the ORDER OF OUR LORD'S APPEARANCES AFTER HIS RESURRECTION: see (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 28:1). _ (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 28:9). _...

MARK 16:2 avnatei,lantoj {A} Because of the lack of harmony with the parallel accounts in Matthew 28:1; Luke 24:1; and John 20:1 (and even with Mark’s own li,an prwi<), several Western witnesses (D itc, n, q Tyconius Augustine) have sought to alleviate the difficulty by replacing the aorist with the present tense (avnate,llontoj)....

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