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John 20:1

John 20:1
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.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

John 20:1-12

For an account of the resurrection of Christ, see the notes at Matt. 28. Joh 20:9 The scripture - See Luk 24:26, Luk 24:46. The sense or meaning of the various predictions that foretold his death, as,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The first day of the week - On what we call Sunday morning, the morning after the Jewish Sabbath. As Christ had been buried in haste, these holy women had bought aromatics, Mar 16:1; Luk 24:1, to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

John 20:1-10

There was no one thing of which the apostles were more concerned to produce substantial proof than the resurrection of their Master, 1. Because it was that which he himself appealed to as the last and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The first Evidence of the Resurrection

1. The first day Better, But on the first day; literally, -day one." We have the same expression Luk 24:1.

the stone taken away All four Gospels note the…