Visit of the Women to the Sepulchre. Mary Magdalene returns
§ 160 · Jerusalem
Part IX · Our Lord's resurrection, his subsequent appearances, and his ascension
Matthew
Matthew 28:1
1 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.
Mark
Mark 16:2–4
2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
Luke
Luke 24:1–3
1 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. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
John
John 20:1–2
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. 2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
In Passion Week
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The Women Find the Sepulchre Empty
Sunday, the 18th · The First Day of the Week · Very early
From Edward Robinson’s Harmony of the Four Gospels (1846).
