“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.”
Early on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb while it was still dark — the opening echoes Genesis 1:2 (darkness over the abyss) and prepares for the resurrection as the beginning of new creation. Mary's solitary vigil at dawn anticipates the role of first witness, though John's narrative privileges her action over her status. The temporal marker (early, still dark) emphasizes the liminal space between death and resurrection where she encounters the transcendent.
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