“And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.”
Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb — the first day of the week (the day after the Sabbath, Sunday) is the day the resurrection narrative locates the empty tomb. Very early, just after sunrise: the darkness is barely finished when they arrive — the first light of the new creation's day. The first-day language will become the basis for Sunday worship in the early church: the Lord's Day, the day of resurrection.
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