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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 16:3-6

Mark 16:3-6 . And they said, Who shall roll us away the stone This seems to have been the only difficulty they apprehended. So they knew nothing of Pilate’s having sealed the stone, and placed a guard of soldiers there. And when they looked Αναβλεψασαι , and having lifted up their eyes; they saw Namely, before they arrived quite at the sepulchre; that the stone was rolled away An angel having descended and done this, as is recorded Matthew 28:2; where see the note. For it was very... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 16:1-11

RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION161. Morning of the resurrection (Matthew 28:1-15; Mark 16:1-11; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18)It is not surprising that there are differences in the accounts of what people saw on the Sunday morning when Jesus rose from the dead. The sight of the empty tomb and the heavenly messengers produced a mixture of reactions - excitement, joy, anxiety, fear, wonder. There was confusion as people rushed here and there to tell others. One writer records what he heard from some,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 16:5

into = Greek. eis App-104 . saw. App-133 . on = in. Greek. en . App-104 . Not the same word as in Mark 16:18 . long . . . garment . Greek. stole a longouter robe of distinction. affrighted = amazed. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 16:5

And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, arrayed in a white robe; and they were amazed.The young man ... Mark surely intended that we should understand that this was an angel of heaven. Some people refuse to believe in the existence of angels, having been poisoned by the leaven of the Sadducees; and, like the Sadducees, they "do greatly err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God" (Matthew 22:29). Again, from the words of Cranfield:Here a protest... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 16:5

Mark 16:5. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw, &c.— The circumstance of the angel's being within the sepulchre, expressly mentioned by this apostle, is so far from being contradicted by St. Mat 28:2-7 as some infidels have imagined, that it is plainly implied by the words He is not here; come,—(δευτε,— which might more properly be translated, Come hither;) see the place where the Lord lay; as is also that other circumstance of the women's entering into the sepulchre, by the Greek... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 16:5

5. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man—In :- he is called "the angel of the Lord"; but here he is described as he appeared to the eye, in the bloom of a life that knows no decay. In Matthew he is represented as sitting on the stone outside the sepulchre; but since even there he says, "Come, see the place where the Lord lay" ( :-), he seems, as ALFORD says, to have gone in with them from without; only awaiting their arrival to accompany them into the hallowed spot, and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 16:1-8

A. The announcement of Jesus’ resurrection 16:1-8 (cf. Matthew 28:1-8; Luke 24:1-8; John 20:1) read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 16:4-5

Mark apparently included this story to impress the reader with the supernatural element represented by the angel. The women would have said to one another, "Who rolled the stone away? It must have been someone very strong." When they entered the antechamber of the tomb, they would have thought, "Who is this young man (Gr. neaniskos)? He must be very unusual." He appeared as a youth, but his strength and his unusual dress indicated that he was an angel (cf. Mark 9:3). He terrified the women."It... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Mark 16:5

16:5 alarmed; (c-25) The Greek word embraces, I think, the complex idea expressed by both 'amazed' and 'alarmed.' The second time it is used I have given the latter only, as sufficiently recalling the idea. The word occurs only here and in chs. 9.15; 14.33. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:1-20

The Resurrection1-8. The women at the tomb, and the angel (Matthew 28:1; Luke 24:1; John 20:1). See on Mt and Jn.1. Mary the mother of James] lit. ’Mary of James,’ i.e. probably ’Mary daughter of James,’ or just possibly ’Mary wife of James.’ She is perhaps the same as Mary the mother of James and Joses, Mark 15:40.9-20. Conclusion of the Gospel. One uncial MS gives a second termination to the Gospel as follows: ’And they reported all the things that had been commanded them briefly (or... read more

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