On Saturday evening, as Sunday was beginning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
This verse is the beginning of the most unbelievable turn in history: from darkness to light, from death to life. As the Sabbath was passing and Sunday was beginning—the dawn of a new day—Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to the tomb, with grief still in their hearts, yet also faithfulness. Their coming shows that love does not make peace with loss: they come to see the One they thought they had lost, and that very faithfulness is to become the first witness of the resurrection.