When the sun was risen (ανατειλαντος του ηλιου). Genitive absolute, aorist participle, though some manuscripts read ανατελλοντος, …

At the rising of the sun.—Literally, when the sun had risen. There seems at first a slight discrepancy between this and M…

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 anoi…

Pseudo-Jerome: After the sadness of the Sabbath, a happy day dawns upon them. This day holds the chief place among all…

Since it would have been too dark after the end of the Sabbath to go to the tomb, the women waited till Sunday morning, the period of time immediat…

And very early in the morning, the first day of the week ,
&c.] (See Gill on Matthew 28:1).

Nicodemus brought a large quantity of spices, but these good women did not think that was enough. The respect others show to Christ should not hind…