Vespere autem Sabbati

General information

Antiphon for Holy Saturday.
Source of text is Matthew 28:1.

Settings by composers

• Gregorian chant
• Eliseo Ghibel STTBB
• Miguel Guerau SATB
• Jacob Handl SATB
• Vincenzo Ruffo SSATTB, a longer, variant text

Text and translations

Latin text Vespere autem Sabbati, quae lucescit in prima sabbati: venit Maria Magdalene, et altera Maria, videre sepulchrum. Alleluia.

English translation And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre. Alleluia.