[JohnnyM]

Mark 16:9 - Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.

This passage is quite a hurdle to jump over to claim that Christ did not rise on Sunday.

JM

[DouglasKC]

Mark 16:9 - Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.
This passage is quite a hurdle to jump over to claim that Christ did not rise on Sunday.

It depends on where you place English punctuation. Other translations read:

(MSG) [After rising from the dead, Jesus appeared early on Sunday morning to Mary Magdalene, whom he had delivered from seven demons. In this translation it doesn't say Jesus arose early on Sunday morning, but that he had already risen and APPEARED to Mary on Sunday morning. This is entirely consistent with a sabbath resurrection.

[safisoft]

Mark 16:9 - Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. This passage is quite a hurdle to jump over to claim that Christ did not rise on Sunday.

Modern day Saturday night, does not equal Sunday morning "sunrise" services. The "first of weeks" (plural in the Greek) can mean the first day of the week (modern Sunday) which begins at sunset on Saturday, or it can mean the first day counted for the omer, which is the 7 week counting between the Feast of First Fruits and Pentecost.

Regardless, it is not the early morning of Sunday. An example: at sunset on Saturdy night in modern Jerusalem, the city comes alive as all the shops open up. This is when the women would have gone to buy spices... not at 3 in the morning.