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.
14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
At early dawn (orqrou baqeov). Genitive of time. Literally, at deep dawn. The adjective baquv (deep) was often used of time. This very idiom occurs in Aristophanes, Plato, et cetera. John 20:1 adds "while it was yet dark." That is, when they started, for the sun was risen when they arrived (Mark 16:2).
Which they had prepared (a htoimasan). Mark 16:1 notes that they bought other spices after the sabbath was over besides those which they already had (Luke 23:56).
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