Mark 16:2 (BSB)

Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb.

From Mark 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Mark 16:2

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 16:1-8: Never was there such a sabbath since the sabbath was first instituted as this was, which the first words of this chapter tell us was now past; during all this sabbath our Lord Jesus lay in the grave. It was to him a sabbath of rest, but a silent sabbath, it was to his disciples a melancholy sabbath, spent in tears and fears.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 16:2: And very early in the morning, the first day of the week,.... See Gill on Mat 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...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Mark 16:2: very early in the morning--(See on Mat 28:1). 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.
  • Adam Clarke (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible on 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. The following observations from Lightfoot will serve to illustrate this subject.