Mark 16:2 (DRB)

Passage

And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen.

Nearby Context

Mark 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought sweet spices, that coming, they might anoint Jesus.

Mark 16:2 And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen.

Mark 16:3 And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

Mark 16:4 And looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it was very great.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "very", "early", "morning", "first", "week", "come", "sepulchre", 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 said one to another 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.