Matthew 28:1-10

The Empty Tomb (Mark 16:1 *, Luke 24:1). Mt. is here not so close to Mk., except in Matthew 28:5. The note of time in Matthew 28:1 is not clear; the Sab bath would end at sunset on Saturday. began to dawn ought perhaps to be rendered drew on (cf. Luke 23:54 * and mg.). In this case Mt. describes a resurrection on Saturday evening. (See Allen, Comm. on Mk., pp. 188- 190.) He mentions only the two Maries (omitting Salome), and says nothing about their desire to anoint the body: the sealed and guarded tomb prevented this. None of the Gospels record the actual exit of Jesus, and it is not clear whether Mt. means us to understand that the earthquake and the angel came before or simultaneously with the women. Became as dead men (Matthew 28:4)=fainted. Matthew 28:9 f. is peculiar to Mt., though there is a link with John 20:17, where we should render Do not keep clinging to me. There is a certain redundancy in these verses after Matthew 28:5.