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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 16:1-8

Never was there such a sabbath since the sabbath was first instituted as this was, which the first words of this chapter tell us was now past; during all this sabbath our Lord Jesus lay in the grave. It was to him a sabbath of rest, but a silent sabbath, it was to his disciples a melancholy sabbath, spent in tears and fears. Never were the sabbath services in the temple such an abomination to God, though they had been often so, as they were now, when the chief priests, who presided in them,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 16:1-8

16:1-8 When the Sabbath had passed, Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices to go and anoint his body. Very early in the morning on the first day of the week, when the sun was rising, they went to the tomb. They kept saying to each other, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?" They looked up and they saw that the stone had been rolled away, for it was very large. And they went into the tomb, and they saw a young man sitting on the right... read more

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:4

For it was very great - This clause should be read immediately after the third verse, according to D, three copies of the Itala, Syriac, Hier., and Eusebius. "Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? for it was very great. And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away." They knew that the stone was too heavy for them to roll away; and, unless they got access to the body, they could not apply the aromatics which they had brought to finish the embalming. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:6

Jesus of Nazareth - The Jews had given this name to Christ by way of reproach, Matthew 2:23 ; but as it was under this name that he was crucified, John 19:19 , the angel here, and the apostles after, have given him the same name, Acts 4:10 , etc. Names which the world, in derision, fixes all the followers of God, often become the general appellatives of religious bodies: thus Quakers, Puritans, Pietists, and Methodists, have in their respective times been the nicknames, given in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 16:1-8

The empty sepulcher. In this passage there is no direct narrative of the Savior's resurrection. The evangelist probably tells what, and only what, he had heard from credible and well-known witnesses. There were no such witnesses to the act of the Lord's emergence from the tomb. But the Marys and Salome had stated what they had seen and heard. They declared that, although they went early to the sepulcher, they found it both open and empty. They related their interview with the young man,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 16:1-8

The sepulcher. I. SELF - REWARDING LOVE . The women obey the longing to serve, though they know not how. Of love it is said, " All other pleasures are not worth its pains." In lavishing care upon the remains of one beloved, we show that the proper objects of love are persons. It is not to the love of an abstraction, but to the love of himself, that Christ calls us. The suffering in this world are to us as the body of Jesus. II. ANGELIC MINISTRY . "Angels minister to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 16:1-14

Resurrection proofs. The last days of the manifestation of God in Christ were signalized by a great deprivation and a great recovery. A life beyond the dread confines of the grave completed the cycle of wonders associated with the earth-life of Jesus. This, although not sufficiently realized ere it actually occurred, is a part of a continuative development. It is no awkward and hasty fragment joined on to another and more legitimate narrative. To intelligent students of the life, it... read more

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