Text -- Luke 24:1-2 (NET)

The Resurrection

24:1 Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared. 24:2 They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 24:1

¹ sn The first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath.

² tn Grk “they”; the referent (the women mentioned in 23:55) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn On this term see BDAG 140-41 s.v. ἄρωμα. See also the note on “aromatic spices” in 23:56.

NET Notes: Luk 24:2

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² sn Luke tells the story of the empty tomb with little drama. He simply notes that when they arrived the stone had been rolled away in a position where the tomb could be entered. This large stone was often placed in a channel so that it could be easily moved by rolling it aside. The other possibility is that it was merely placed over the opening in a position from which it had now been moved.