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Now on the first day of the week (tēi de miāi tōn sabbatōn). Locative case of time when. Both Mark (Mar 16:2) and Luke (Luk 24:1) have this very idiom of the cardinal tēi miāi, instead of the usual ordinal tēi prōtēi (first), an idiom common in the papyri and in the modern Greek (Robertson, Grammar, p. 671). In all three instances also we have the genitive plural tōn sabbatōn for “the week” as in Act 20:7. The singular sabbaton also occurs for “the week” as in Luk 18:12; Mar 16:9.
Cometh Mary Magdalene (Maria hē Magdalēnē erchetai). Vivid historical present. Mary Magdalene is not to be confounded with Mary of Bethany.
While it was yet dark (skotias eti ousēs). Genitive absolute. For skotia see Joh 6:17; Mat 10:27. Mark (Mar 16:2) says the sun was risen on their actual arrival. She started from the house while still dark.
Taken away (ērmenon). Perfect passive participle of airō, predicate accusative in apposition with ton lithon.