1 Now aon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they,1 and certain otherwomen with them, came to the tomb bbringing the spices which they had prepared.
2aBut they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
3aThen they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it happened, as they were1 greatly perplexed about this, that abehold, two men stood by them in shining garments.
5 Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?
6 He is not here, but is risen! aRemember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
7 saying, ‘The Son of Man must be adelivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’ ”
9aThen they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
10 It was Mary Magdalene, aJoanna, Mary themother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles.
11aAnd their words seemed to them like1 idle tales, and they did not believe them.
12aBut Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths1 lying by themselves; and he departed, marveling to himself at what had happened.
The Road to Emmaus
13aNow behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem.
All four gospels show Mary Magdalene and the other women reaching the tomb early Sunday, while still dark, after Christ had already left; none specify when He arose. "First day of the week" translates mia sabbaton, with sabbaton plural, meaning "the first of the weeks," the first day counting to the Feast of Weeks. This places Wavesheaf day after the weekly Sabbath, not the annual Sabbath, refuting the Pharisaic count, which would have begun Friday, when the women prepared spices. This was the day of Christ's appearance and His acceptance by the Father. Later in Luke 24, the disciples' minds still resisted what Jesus had repeatedly told them, illustrating that God's removal of blindness is an ongoing process.
Luke 24:1
By comparing these four accounts (Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:2; Luke 24:1; John 20:1), it is evident that Mary Magdalene and the other women arrived at the tomb early in the morning on Sunday morning, while it was still dark. When they arrived, they saw that the stone had already been rolled back. None of these verses specify when Christ arose from the dead, but we do know that He left the tomb before the women arrived. It is plain that the women arrived early in the morning on the first day of the week, and first saw the resurrected Christ at that time. But these accounts do not say that was when Christ arose.
All four gospels show Mary Magdalene and the other women reaching the tomb early Sunday, while still dark, after Christ had already left; none specify when He arose. "First day of the week" translates mia sabbaton, with sabbaton plural, meaning "the first of the weeks," the first day counting to the Feast of Weeks. This places Wavesheaf day after the weekly Sabbath, not the annual Sabbath, refuting the Pharisaic count, which would have begun Friday, when the women prepared spices. This was the day of Christ's appearance and His acceptance by the Father. Later in Luke 24, the disciples' minds still resisted what Jesus had repeatedly told them, illustrating that God's removal of blindness is an ongoing process.