1: 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.
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.
5: And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
6: And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
7: But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
8: And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.
9: Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the
week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
10: And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
11: And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
12: After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.
13: And they went and told it unto the residue:
neither believed they them.
14: Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
15: And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16: He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17: And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18: They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19: So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20: And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
2. first day of the week = first day of the weeks.
See
Lk. 24:1;
Jn. 20:1;
Acts 20:7.
Though technically this is the first day of the week (a.k.a., Sunday), it is, more importantly, the first day of the seven-week
count to Pentecost starting on the morrow after the weekly Sabbath during the days of Unleavened Bread. "First day of the weeks"
is the literal translation of the Greek, and this day is known as the Wave Sheaf Offering Day.
(Lev. 23:10-11,
15-16)
Nearly all translations mistranslate this and thus obscures the real meaning behind the words and their significance. On this day in the
Hebrew calendar, Jesus Christ ascended to the Father to be accepted.
(Jn. 20)
week = Grk. G4521 σάββατον sab'-bat-on weeks, pl. (A Faithful Version).
9. risen early...he appeared = risen, early the first day of the weeks He appeared. The KJV has the comma after the word "week" which is wrong. This verse does not state that Christ was resurrected on Sunday, as it is commonly supposed. The comma should be after the word "risen". It can be proven substantially from the Bible and history that the resurrection of Christ was late on the Sabbath day (Saturday) just prior to sunset. Early on the first day of the week (Sunday), or the first of the weeks (the first day of the seven week count to Pentecost), Christ appeared to Mary Magdalene. Note that by Sunday morning He had ALREADY been risen.
week = Grk. G4521 σάββατον sab'-bat-on weeks, pl. (A Faithful Version).
16. damned = condemned (judged).