Mark 16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 16:4

And when they looked ,.... Towards the sepulchre, as they came near it: they saw that the stone was rolled away ; they perceived it lay at some distance from the door of the sepulchre, which doubtless was very grateful, and matter of rejoicing to them: for it was very great ; these words are to be read, in connection with the preceding verse; for they are not a reason, why when they looked towards the sepulchre, they saw the stone rolled, because it was a very large one, and so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 16:5

And entering into the sepulchre ,.... For the sepulchres of the Jews were made so large, that persons might go into them: the rule for making them is this F11 Misn. Bava Bathra, c. 6. sect. 8. ; "he that sells ground to his neighbour to make a burying place, or that receives of his neighbour to make a burying place, must make the inside of the cave four cubits by six, and open in it eight graves; three here, and three there, and two over against them: and the graves must be four... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 16:6

And he saith unto them, be not affrighted ,.... See Gill on Matthew 28:5 , Matthew 28:6 , where the same things, and almost in the same words, are said as here. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 16:7

But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter ,.... Peter is particularly mentioned, not as distinct from the apostles, or as if he was not one of them, having sinned in the manner he had done; much less because he was the chief of them; but to comfort him in his great sorrow, on account of his fall; and to encourage him to meet Christ with the rest of his disciples, who might be both afraid and ashamed, because he had so basely denied him: this is a kind intimation, in favour of Peter; none... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 16:8

And they went out quickly ,.... Out of the sepulchre, into which they had been, to see where Christ lay, as invited by the angel, Mark 16:6 . The word "quickly", is not read in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions: "which when they heard"; that is, when they heard the angel's and instructions, immediately they went out: and fled from the sepulchre ; as surprised and affrighted: for they trembled and were amazed ; at what they saw and heard, and yet this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 16:9

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week ,.... Though the word "Jesus" is not in the text, it is rightly supplied; for of the rising of no other, can the words be understood; and so the Persic version supplies "Messiah", or "Christ"; that Jesus rose from the dead on the first day of the week, agrees with the accounts of all the evangelists, and is here expressly affirmed; the phrase, "the first day of the week", is so indeed placed, as that it may be thought to connected... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 16:10

And she went and told them that had been with him ,.... Not "with her", as the Persic version reads, but "with him"; that is, with Christ: she went, as she was bid by Christ, and told his disciples, what she had heard and seen; even those who had been with him from the beginning, and had heard his doctrines, and seen his miracles, and had had communion with him, and truly believed in him, and were his constant followers, and real disciples; not only Peter, James, and John, who were with him,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 16:11

And they, when they had heard that he was alive ,.... That is, the apostles, and those that were with them; when they heard the report of Mary Magdalene, that Christ was raised from the dead, and was certainly alive; or of all the women, for the Syriac version reads, "when they heard them saying that he was alive", not only Mary Magdalene, but Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women; for these all related this to the apostles, and the rest; see Luke 24:9 . And had been... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 16:12

After that ,.... A little time, or some few hours after, on the selfsame day; see Luke 24:13 ; he appeared in another form : it seems to have been the form, or habit of a gardener that he appeared in to Mary; since she thought him to be one, and to be the gardener that belonged to the garden, in which the sepulchre was: but now it was in another form, or habit, that he appeared; very likely in the habit of a Scribe, or doctor; since he took upon him to expound the Scriptures to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 16:13

And they went and told it unto the residue ,.... Upon their return to Jerusalem, which was on the same night, they went to the eleven apostles, and the other disciples that were with them, and related the whole affair to them; how that Jesus had joined them by the way, and discoursed much with them about himself, and expounded the Scriptures on the road; and when they came to the end of their journey, sat down at meat with them, when he was very plainly discerned, and known by them, and then... read more

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