Mark 16:2 (ASV)

Passage

And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the sun was risen.

Nearby Context

Mark 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the [mother] of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

Mark 16:2 And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the sun was risen.

Mark 16:3 And they were saying among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the tomb?

Mark 16:4 and looking up, they see that the stone is rolled back: for it was exceeding great.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "very", "early", "first", "week", "come", "tomb", and "risen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "very" and "early", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And when the sabbath was past Mary..." into verse 3's "And they were saying among themselves Who...", so "very" and "early" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "very" and "early" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.