Mark 16:2 (GNV)

Passage

Therefore early in the morning, the first day of the weeke, they came vnto the sepulchre, when the Sunne was nowe risen.

Nearby Context

Mark 16:1 And when the Sabbath day was past, Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames, and Salome, bought sweete oyntments, that they might come, and anoynt him.

Mark 16:2 Therefore early in the morning, the first day of the weeke, they came vnto the sepulchre, when the Sunne was nowe risen.

Mark 16:3 And they saide one to another, Who shall rolle vs away the stone from the doore of the sepulchre?

Mark 16:4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away (for it was a very great one)

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "early", "morning", "first", "weeke", "came", "vnto", and "sepulchre". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" 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 day was past..." into verse 3's "And they saide one to another Who...", so "therefore" 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 "therefore" and "early" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.