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.
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See this passage explained in the notes at Mat 28:1-8. Mar 16:1 Sweet spices - “Aromatics.” Substances used in embalming. The idea of sweetness is not, however, implied in the original. Many of the…
Adam Clarke
And anoint him - Rather, to embalm him. This is a proof that they had not properly understood what Christ had so frequently spoken, viz. that he would rise again the third day. And this inattention or…
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.…
Cambridge Bible
Mar 16:1-8. The Resurrection
1. And when the sabbath was past Friday night, Saturday, and Saturday night passed away, three days according to the Jewish reckoning (comp. (a) 1Sa 30:12-13; 2Ch 10:5;…
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