King James Version

John 20:1

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

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Τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.μιᾷmiafirstεἷς (heis)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “first”, the to- or for-formG1520one.The firstτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σαββάτωνsabbatōnday of the weekσάββατον (sabbaton)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “day of the week”, the of-formG4521the Sabbath, a week.day of the weekΜαρίαmariaMaryΜαρίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “Mary”, the subject formG3137Mary, Miriam, (a) the mother of Jesus, (b) of Magdala, (c) sister of Martha and Lazarus, (d) wife of Cleopas, (e) mother of John Mark, (f) a Christian woman in Rome.This verse uses “Mary”.Maryἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΜαγδαληνὴmagdalēnēMagdaleneΜαγδαληνήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “Magdalene”, the subject formG3094Magdalene, a woman of Magdala.Magdaleneἔρχεταιerchetaito comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.πρωῒprōiearlyπρωΐadverb — “early”G4404early in the morning, at dawn.earlyσκοτίαςskotiasdarkσκοτία (skotia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “dark”, the of-formG4653darkness; fig: spiritual darkness.darkἔτιetistillἔτιadverb — “still”G2089(a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition.This verse uses “still”.οὔσηςousēsto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.εἰςeisuntoεἰςpreposition — “unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.untoτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μνημεῖονmnēmeionsepulchreμνημεῖονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “sepulchre”, the object formG3419a tomb, sepulcher, monument.the sepulchreκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andβλέπειblepeiseethβλέπω (blepō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “seeth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.seethτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λίθονlithonstoneλίθος (lithos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “stone”, the object formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.the stoneἠρμένονērmenontaken awayαἴρω (airō)verb, perfect passive participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “taken away”, a completed action with a present resultG142I raise, lift up, take away, remove.taken awayἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μνημείουmnēmeiousepulchreμνημεῖον (mnēmeion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “sepulchre”, the of-formG3419a tomb, sepulcher, monument.the sepulchre

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb.

Young’s Literal Translation

And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,

World English Bible

Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

Darby Translation

And on the first [day] of the week Mary of Magdala comes in early morn to the tomb, while it was still dark, and sees the stone taken away from the tomb.

Douay-Rheims

And on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre; and she saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

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