King James Version
Mark 16:2 in the King James Version says “And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.” — study this verse from Mark chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.”
Mark 16:2 · KJV
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.
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“day of the week”
G4521the sabbath (i.e., shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight,
“they came”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“unto”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
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