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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/john/20.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/john/20.htm">New International Version</a> Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. <a href="/nlt/john/20.htm">New Living Translation</a> Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. <a href="/esv/john/20.htm">English Standard Version</a> Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. <a href="/bsb/john/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. <a href="/blb/john/20.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb early, it being still dark, and she sees the stone having been removed from the tomb. <a href="/kjv/john/20.htm">King James Bible</a> The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. <a href="/nkjv/john/20.htm">New King James Version</a> Now the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. <a href="/nasb_/john/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already removed from the tomb. <a href="/nasb/john/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb. <a href="/nasb77/john/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb. <a href="/lsb/john/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb. <a href="/amp/john/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw the stone [already] removed from the [groove across the entrance of the] tomb. <a href="/csb/john/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. <a href="/hcsb/john/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. <a href="/asv/john/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> Now on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb. <a href="/cev/john/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> On Sunday morning while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. <a href="/erv/john/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> Now on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb. <a href="/gwt/john/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary from Magdala went to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb's entrance. <a href="/gnt/john/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been taken away from the entrance. <a href="/isv/john/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> On the first day of the week, early in the morning and while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and noticed that the stone had been removed from the tomb. <a href="/msb/john/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. <a href="/net/john/20.htm">NET Bible</a> Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance. <a href="/nheb/john/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb. <a href="/wbt/john/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher. <a href="/wey/john/20.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> On the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from it. <a href="/web/john/20.htm">World English Bible</a> Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And on the first [day] of the weeks, Mary the Magdalene comes early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she sees the stone having been taken away out of the tomb; <a href="/blb/john/20.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb early, it being still dark, and she sees the stone having been removed from the tomb. <a href="/ylt/john/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb, <a href="/slt/john/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And in one of the sabbaths comes Mary Magdalene in the morning, there yet being darkness, to the tomb, and sees the stone taken away from the tomb.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> AND on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre; and she saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre. <a href="/cpdv/john/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then on the first Sabbath, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and she saw that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb. <a href="/nabre/john/20.htm">New American Bible</a> On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. <a href="/nrsvce/john/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> ON the first day of the week, early in the morning, while it was yet dark, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb; and she saw that the stone was removed from the tomb. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/20.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But on the first day of the week, in the very early morning while it was dark, Maryam Magdalitha came to the tomb and she saw the stone that had been removed from the tomb.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/20.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And early on the first day of the week, while it was yet dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.<CM> <a href="/godbey/john/20.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> On the first of the Sabbaths Mary Magdalene comes to the sepulcher early in the morning, it being yet dark, and sees the stone having been rolled from the sepulcher. <a href="/haweis/john/20.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> AND on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen came very early, whilst yet some darkness remained, to the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. <a href="/mace/john/20.htm">Mace New Testament</a> The first day of the week early in morning Mary Magdalene, when it was yet dusky, came to the sepulchre, and found the stone was taken away from the sepulchre. <a href="/wey/john/20.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> On the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from it. <a href="/worrell/john/20.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Now on the first day of the sabbaths Mary Magdelene comes early in the morning while it was yet dark to the tomb, and sees the stone taken out of the tomb. <a href="/worsley/john/20.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene cometh early in the morning, while it was yet dark, to the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. <a href="/parallel/john/20-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=7028" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/20.htm">The Resurrection</a> 1<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/4404.htm" title="4404: prōi (Adv) -- Early in the morning, at dawn. Adverb from pro; at dawn; by implication, the day-break watch.">Early</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: Tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">on the</a> <a href="/greek/1520.htm" title="1520: mia (Adj-DFS) -- One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.">first day</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/4521.htm" title="4521: sabbatōn (N-GNP) -- The Sabbath, a week. ">week,</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ousēs (V-PPA-GFS) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">while it was</a> <a href="/greek/2089.htm" title="2089: eti (Adv) -- (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; yet, still.">still</a> <a href="/greek/4653.htm" title="4653: skotias (N-GFS) -- Darkness; fig: spiritual darkness. From skotos; dimness, obscurity.">dark,</a> <a href="/greek/3137.htm" title="3137: Maria (N-NFS) -- Or Mariam of Hebrew origin; Maria or Mariam, the name of six Christian females.">Mary</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3094.htm" title="3094: Magdalēnē (N-NFS) -- Magdalene, a woman of Magdala. Feminine of a derivative of Magdala; a female Magdalene, i.e. Inhabitant of Magdala.">Magdalene</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: erchetai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- To come, go. ">went</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3419.htm" title="3419: mnēmeion (N-ANS) -- A tomb, sepulcher, monument. From mneme; a remembrance, i.e. Cenotaph.">tomb</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/991.htm" title="991: blepei (V-PIA-3S) -- (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at.">saw that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3037.htm" title="3037: lithon (N-AMS) -- A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone.">stone</a> <a href="/greek/142.htm" title="142: ērmenon (V-RPM/P-AMS) -- To raise, lift up, take away, remove. ">had been removed</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3419.htm" title="3419: mnēmeiou (N-GNS) -- A tomb, sepulcher, monument. From mneme; a remembrance, i.e. Cenotaph.">entrance.</a> 2So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/28-1.htm">Matthew 28:1</a> After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. <a href="/mark/16-1.htm">Mark 16:1-2</a> When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus. / Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb. <a href="/luke/24-1.htm">Luke 24:1</a> On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared. <a href="/john/19-41.htm">John 19:41-42</a> Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. / And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there. <a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a> Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” <a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-22</a> Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.” / “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?” / But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body. ... <a href="/john/12-1.htm">John 12:1</a> Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. <a href="/john/19-25.htm">John 19:25</a> Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene. <a href="/john/11-1.htm">John 11:1</a> At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. <a href="/john/1-1.htm">John 1:1-3</a> In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. / He was with God in the beginning. / Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. <a href="/genesis/1-5.htm">Genesis 1:5</a> God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. <a href="/exodus/12-2.htm">Exodus 12:2</a> “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year. <a href="/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5-7</a> The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. / On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work. <a href="/numbers/28-16.htm">Numbers 28:16-18</a> The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover. / On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. / On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. <a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Deuteronomy 16:1</a> Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The first day of the week comes Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulcher, and sees the stone taken away from the sepulcher.first.<a href="/john/20-19.htm">John 20:19,26</a> Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you… <a href="/acts/20-7.htm">Acts 20:7</a> And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.<a href="/1_corinthians/16-2.htm">1 Corinthians 16:2</a> Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.cometh.<a href="/matthew/28-1.htm">Matthew 28:1</a> In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.<a href="/mark/16-1.htm">Mark 16:1,2,9</a> 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… <a href="/luke/24-1.htm">Luke 24:1-10</a> Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them… the stone.<a href="/matthew/27-60.htm">Matthew 27:60,64-66</a> And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed… <a href="/matthew/28-2.htm">Matthew 28:2</a> And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.<a href="/mark/15-46.htm">Mark 15:46</a> And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/19-33.htm">Already</a> <a href="/john/16-29.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/john/18-28.htm">Early</a> <a href="/john/8-37.htm">Entrance</a> <a href="/john/19-39.htm">First</a> <a href="/john/19-25.htm">Magdala</a> <a href="/john/19-25.htm">Magdalene</a> <a href="/john/19-25.htm">Mary</a> <a href="/psalms/90-14.htm">Morn</a> <a href="/john/11-41.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/john/19-42.htm">Sepulcher</a> <a href="/john/19-42.htm">Sepulchre</a> <a href="/john/19-13.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/john/19-42.htm">Tomb</a> <a href="/john/19-14.htm">Week</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/21-4.htm">Already</a> <a href="/acts/2-20.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/john/21-4.htm">Early</a> <a href="/acts/12-13.htm">Entrance</a> <a href="/john/20-4.htm">First</a> <a href="/john/20-18.htm">Magdala</a> <a href="/john/20-18.htm">Magdalene</a> <a href="/john/20-11.htm">Mary</a> <a href="/john/21-4.htm">Morn</a> <a href="/acts/7-4.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/john/20-2.htm">Sepulcher</a> <a href="/john/20-2.htm">Sepulchre</a> <a href="/acts/4-11.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/john/20-2.htm">Tomb</a> <a href="/john/20-19.htm">Week</a><div class="vheading2">John 20</div>1. <a href="/john/20-1.htm">Mary comes to the tomb;</a> 3. <a href="/john/20-3.htm">so do Peter and John, ignorant of the resurrection.</a> 11. <a href="/john/20-11.htm">Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene,</a> 19. <a href="/john/20-19.htm">and to his disciples.</a> 24. <a href="/john/20-24.htm">The incredulity and confession of Thomas.</a> 30. <a href="/john/20-30.htm">The Scripture is sufficient to salvation.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The first day of the week is Sunday, following the Jewish Sabbath (Saturday). This timing is crucial as it marks the beginning of a new creation, symbolizing the resurrection of Jesus and the new covenant. The early Christians began to gather on Sundays to commemorate the resurrection, which is why Sunday became the primary day of worship.while it was still dark The mention of darkness not only sets the scene but also carries symbolic meaning. Darkness often represents confusion, fear, or lack of understanding in biblical literature. The darkness here contrasts with the light of the resurrection, symbolizing the transition from despair to hope. It also highlights Mary Magdalene's devotion, as she approaches the tomb before dawn, eager to attend to Jesus.Mary Magdalene went to the tomb Mary Magdalene is a significant figure in the Gospels, known for her devotion to Jesus. She was one of the women who followed Jesus and supported His ministry. Her presence at the tomb underscores her loyalty and love for Jesus. In a cultural context where women's testimonies were often undervalued, her role as the first witness to the resurrection is profound and highlights the inclusive nature of Jesus' ministry.and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance The removal of the stone is a critical detail, indicating that something extraordinary has occurred. In the context of Jewish burial practices, tombs were sealed with large stones to protect the body from animals and grave robbers. The stone's removal signifies divine intervention, as it would have been too heavy for a single person to move. This act fulfills Jesus' prophecy about His resurrection and serves as a physical sign of His victory over death.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/mary_magdalene.htm">Mary Magdalene</a> A devoted follower of Jesus, Mary Magdalene is the first to visit the tomb. Her dedication and love for Jesus are evident as she seeks Him even after His crucifixion. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_tomb.htm">The Tomb</a> The burial place of Jesus, which was sealed with a stone. The removal of the stone signifies the miraculous resurrection of Jesus. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_first_day_of_the_week.htm">The First Day of the Week</a> This refers to Sunday, the day after the Jewish Sabbath, marking the beginning of a new creation and the resurrection of Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_women_in_the_resurrection_narrative.htm">The Role of Women in the Resurrection Narrative</a> Mary Magdalene's presence at the tomb highlights the significant role women played in the early Christian community. Her devotion and witness challenge cultural norms and affirm the value of women in God's plan. <a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_the_empty_tomb.htm">The Significance of the Empty Tomb</a> The empty tomb is a powerful symbol of Jesus' victory over death. It invites believers to live in the hope and assurance of the resurrection. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_jesus_in_the_darkness.htm">Seeking Jesus in the Darkness</a> Mary Magdalene's journey to the tomb "while it was still dark" can be seen as a metaphor for seeking Jesus in times of uncertainty and despair. Her example encourages believers to pursue Christ even when circumstances seem bleak. <a href="/topical/t/the_new_beginning_of_the_first_day.htm">The New Beginning of the First Day</a> The resurrection on the first day of the week signifies a new beginning and a new creation. It calls believers to embrace the transformative power of the resurrection in their daily lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 20</a> <a href="/q/does_john_20_1-8_conflict_with_other_gospels.htm">Does the “beloved disciple’s” deeper insight in John 20:1–8 conflict with other Gospel depictions of the apostles’ understanding? </a> <a href="/q/how_is_easter's_date_calculated.htm">How is Easter's date calculated?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_main_mystery_in_the_da_vinci_code.htm">What is the central mystery in The Da Vinci Code?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_jesus'_resurrection_in_john_20.htm">What historical or archeological evidence supports the supernatural claim of Jesus' resurrection in John 20?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) For the visit of the women to the sepulchre, and their announcement to the disciples (<a href="/context/john/20-1.htm" title="The first day of the week comes Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulcher, and sees the stone taken away from the sepulcher.">John 20:1-2</a>), comp. generally Notes on <a href="/context/matthew/28-1.htm" title="In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher.">Matthew 28:1-4</a>; <a href="/matthew/28-8.htm" title="And they departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.">Matthew 28:8</a>; <a href="/context/mark/16-1.htm" title="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.">Mark 16:1-4</a>; <a href="/mark/16-8.htm" title="And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulcher; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.">Mark 16:8</a>; <a href="/context/luke/24-1.htm" title="Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.">Luke 24:1-3</a>; <a href="/context/luke/24-9.htm" title="And returned from the sepulcher, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.">Luke 24:9-11</a>. Each of the three narratives separates the return from the visit by an account of the appearance of the angels at the sepulchre. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 1-31. - 2. The complete glorification of Jesus in his resurrection. The record pauses for the awful day of that great sabbath, and resumes the marvelous recital when the greatest event in the history of the world is assumed and asserted to have taken place. Heathen and foes admit the fact of the death of Jesus; the evidence is overwhelming, multiform, sufficient to establish itself to the ordinary reason of mankind. It is a matter of indubitable history. The proof was given to all the world; but it is otherwise with the fact of the anastasis of Jesus. That stupendous event was revealed to the eye and mind of faith by a series of communications, which afford to different classes, groups, kinds, and states of mind specimens of the manner and quality of the resurrection-life. "Many infallible proofs" wrought (as St. Luke says, <a href="/acts/1.htm">Acts 1</a>.) irresistible conviction as to the reality of the Resurrection. The Church of Christ was originated by a faith in this new and transcendental mode of existence. A generation of men passed, scores of communities were called into being throughout Palestine, Phoenicia, Syria, Lybia, Asia Minor, Achaia, Macedonia, Cyprus, Crete, and even in Italy and the capital of the Roman empire, all of them held together by the life-giving conviction of the reality of a world of spiritual body, into which the redeemed enter. Of this reality the resurrection-life of Christ was the type, the proof, the first fruit, and the earnest. This most astounding fact was preached in Galatia and Macedonia, in Corinth and Rome, in Babylon and Alexandria, before one word of the Gospels had been put on parchment. When the preaching of the apostles was reduced to written form, it was not with the idea of recording a fully detailed or easily harmonizable account of the Easter Day, or of providing rational, or juridical, or historic evidence of the method or order of the great events, but rather to provide five independent series of evidences to the revelations which the apostles and apostolic company received of the nature and quality of the new life for humanity which had now begun. Several details of profound interest occur in the synoptic narrative, concerning which John is silent - such e.g. as the rolling of a stone to the door of the sepulcher, the sealing of the stone by the Roman guard, the resurrection-appearances of the saints, the special preparation made by the women for further embalmment on the following days the great earthquake, the two companies of women that resorted to the sepulcher at successive intervals of time, and the different signs and even appearances by which their timorous hope was quickened into an adoring homage and world-compelling faith. Though John does not recite these well-known narratives, he presupposes some of them. Thus (1) although, unlike the synoptists, he says nothing of the stone that was rolled to the door of the sepulcher, yet (ver. 1) he refers to the fact that (τὸν λίθον) the stone was taken up or away. (2) Although he says nothing of the two groups of women, yet he implies that Mary Magdalene was not alone at the sepulcher (οὐκ οἴδαμεν): "We know not where they have laid him." With far greater particularity than St. Luke (<a href="/luke/24-12.htm">Luke 24:12</a>), he describes Peter's visit to the sepulcher, and gives further details of facts which occurred at more than one interview between our Lord and his apostles, of which Luke and Mark had given a more shadowy outline (cf. here vers. 19-25 with <a href="/luke/24-36.htm">Luke 24:36</a>, etc.; <a href="/mark/16-14.htm">Mark 16:14</a>). But we are not intending here to produce a history or harmony of these records, but to follow throughout the impressions produced by the Lord's self-manifestation upon the mind of the beloved disciple; not passing over the difficulties which his peculiar experiences have occasioned, when brought side by side with the synoptic and Pauline narratives. John first of all (vers. 1-10) describes how he came to believe personally in the resurrection of Jesus; then (vers. 11-18) the way in which the first manifestation was made to Mary of Magdala (vers. 19-23); how ten of the apostles, including himself, received a full and satisfying assurance of the stupendous fact (vers. 24-29); how once more, after an interval of eight days, not only Thomas, the most anxious, doubting, and incredulous of the eleven, but the entire group, came into full persuasion, not only of Christ's resurrection, but of his Divine nature and claims, his Messiahship and Sonship, and of their own personal possession of life in him and through him. Verses 1-10. - (1) The process of John's own personal conviction, by the discovery that the sepulcher was deserted. Verse 1. - Now on the first day of the week (τῶν σαββάτων, σαββάτα, in the plural, is used for the whole of the week, sabbaton including in itself the various days that intervened between sabbath and sabbath, the first, second, third, etc. Μιᾷ here and in <a href="/luke/24-1.htm">Luke 24:1</a> and <a href="/matthew/28-1.htm">Matthew 28:1</a> corresponds with the πρώτῃ. of <a href="/mark/16-9.htm">Mark 16:9</a>). All the evangelists agree about the day of the week, which thenceforward became the new beginning of weeks, "the Lord's day." Cometh Mary the Magdalene. Here all the evangelists are at one, although, judging from the synoptists, she must have been accompanied by other women. This is implied in the οἴδαμεν of ver. 2, though Meyer repudiates such a hint by the remark that, in addressing the angels, she uses the singular, οἴδα; but this difference rather confirms, than otherwise, the significance of the plural, when she first breaks on the ear of the astonished disciples the wondrous news. But when she is confronted by the angels she is manifestly alone, and speaks for herself. It is probable that Mary Magdalene had preceded the other women, driven by the intensity of her adoring love and abounding grief, and hence some slight divergency appears as to the time at which she started on her pilgrimage. While it was yet dark, early, in the depth of the dawn (<a href="/luke/24-1.htm">Luke 24:1</a>); before the breaking of full day, and λίαν πρωι'´, "exceeding early" of Mark, although, as he adds, after sunrise (ανατείλαντος τοῦ ἡλὶου). This latter expression is difficult to reconcile as a statement of identical time. But many simple suppositions would explain the discrepancy. The Magdalene's home may have been at a greater distance from the sepulcher, down in the shadows of the eastern hills, while the home of the other Marys may have been readily accessible to the sepulcher. After the great earthquake described by Matthew (<a href="/matthew/28-2.htm">Matthew 28:2</a>), and the supernatural darkness of the day but one before, there is no incompatibility in the twofold statement that it was yet dark (not night), although the sun had risen. A deep pall may yet be hanging over the world and place which had held in its bosom the body of the murdered Lord of glory. (She) cometh to the sepulcher, obviously with the purpose stated by all the synoptics. She was bringing the spices which she, with others, had bought on the Friday evening. They would not be behind Nicodemus and Joseph in the expression of their boundless love. The critics make merry over the superfluousness of these women purchasing fresh spices when they must have known the lavish expenditure of the two rich men upon the same design. But the combination of the two statements is absolutely true to nature; it is exactly what women would do all the world over, and an evidence of the authenticity of both narratives. And seeth the stone taken away out of the sepulcher. This is all the information that St. John gives us, as antecedent to Mary's flight to Simon Peter and himself. We have to decide between three hypotheses: either . . . <a href="/commentaries/john/20-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Early πρωῒ (prōi) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_4404.htm">Strong's 4404: </a> Early in the morning, at dawn. Adverb from pro; at dawn; by implication, the day-break watch. [on] the Τῇ (Tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. first [day] μιᾷ (mia) Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1520.htm">Strong's 1520: </a> One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one. of the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. week, σαββάτων (sabbatōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4521.htm">Strong's 4521: </a> The Sabbath, a week. while it was οὔσης (ousēs) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. still ἔτι (eti) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_2089.htm">Strong's 2089: </a> (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; 'yet, ' still. dark, σκοτίας (skotias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4653.htm">Strong's 4653: </a> Darkness; fig: spiritual darkness. From skotos; dimness, obscurity. Mary Μαρία (Maria) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3137.htm">Strong's 3137: </a> Or Mariam of Hebrew origin; Maria or Mariam, the name of six Christian females. Magdalene Μαγδαληνὴ (Magdalēnē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3094.htm">Strong's 3094: </a> Magdalene, a woman of Magdala. Feminine of a derivative of Magdala; a female Magdalene, i.e. Inhabitant of Magdala. went ἔρχεται (erchetai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> To come, go. to εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. tomb μνημεῖον (mnēmeion) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3419.htm">Strong's 3419: </a> A tomb, sepulcher, monument. From mneme; a remembrance, i.e. Cenotaph. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. saw that βλέπει (blepei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_991.htm">Strong's 991: </a> (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. stone λίθον (lithon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3037.htm">Strong's 3037: </a> A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone. had been removed ἠρμένον (ērmenon) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_142.htm">Strong's 142: </a> To raise, lift up, take away, remove. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. [entrance]. μνημείου (mnēmeiou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3419.htm">Strong's 3419: </a> A tomb, sepulcher, monument. 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