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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:1-8

Jesus Is Risen (16:1-8). The Sabbath went slowly by, and then the grieving women went to buy spices in order to anoint Jesus’ body. Approaching the tomb with heavy hearts, they wondered how they would be able to move the stone that barred the entrance. But they never dreamed of what they were going to find. For when they arrived at the tomb they discovered that the stone had been rolled aside, and on entering the tomb found there a young man dressed in pure white who informed them that Jesus... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:5

‘And entering into the tomb they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were amazed.’ The entrance to the tomb would probably be low so that they had to stoop to enter, and the interior in semi-darkness, while the tomb itself would probably be just over two metres square and the same in height with a bench, or inset into the wall, to receive the body. They entered expecting to find a body, and possibly Mary, and instead they found a young man dressed in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:6

‘And he says to them, “Do not be amazed. You seek Jesus the Nazarene who has been crucified. He is risen. He is not here. See the place where they laid him.” ’ The angel’s message is simple. Jesus the Nazarene is no longer there for He is no longer dead. He is risen. The place where His body had been laid was empty, for He was gone. He was indeed risen, bodily. The simplicity of the message, and its significance takes the breath away. Death had been conquered. He who had been crucified has... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:7

“But go and tell his disciples, and Peter, ‘He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’ ” These words reflect Mark 14:28 where Jesus, to encourage them, had said, “After I am risen I will go before you into Galilee.” The words would act as an assurance that the one who had spoken of them knew words of Jesus that could only have been known by an angel or a disciple. When first spoken they were an assurance that they would soon return home where He would meet with... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:8

‘And they went out and fled from the tomb. For trembling and astonishment had come on them. And they said nothing to anyone for they were awestruck.’ The effect on the women was predictable. They had been living with nerves stretched for some time. They were in a state of fear and uncertainty. And now this remarkable news from a stranger whom they did not know had taken them totally aback. It would only be afterwards that they would realise who and what he was. So they panicked and fled,... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:1-8

Mark 16:1-Ruth : . The Women Find the Tomb Empty.— The true gospel of Mk. ends with the strange discovery made by the women when they visited the tomb early on the first day of the week. This can hardly be the original ending. Indeed the last sentence is not complete. It runs in Gr. ephobounto gar (“ for they feared” ), and though sentences ending with the particle gar (=for) are not unknown in Gr., e.g. in Philostratus, yet as the end of a chapter or a book such a sentence is... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 16:5-8

Both Luke and John mention two angels in the habit of young men. Matthew speaks of one sitting upon the stone. They might see him sitting upon the stone, and yet find him within also, the motions of angels are quick and undiscernible to our sense, or the stone might be rolled inward. That they were affrighted is no wonder, considering how apt we are to be frightened by any apparitions. Concerning what the angel said to these women, See Poole on "Matthew 28:5", and following verses to Matthew... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 16:1-8

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 16:1. Had bought sweet spices.—Simply, bought spices. No time specified, merely the fact stated. From Luke 23:56 we gather (unless, indeed, there were two companies of women) that the purchase was made before the Sabbath began. St. Mark’s point is, that the women bought spices some time or other—no matter when—in order that when the Sabbath was over they might come and anoint the body of the Lord. They seem to have wished to complete the imperfect embalming... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 16:5

Mark 16:5 Perpetual Youth. I. The life of the faithful dead is eternal progress towards infinite perfection. The life of man, being under the law of growth, is in all its parts subject to the consequent necessity of decline. But the perfect life of the dead in Christ has but one phase youth. It is growth without a limit and without decline. To say that they are ever young is the same thing as to say that their being never reaches its climax, that it is ever but entering on its glory. II. The... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 16:6

Mark 16:6 The Dead and their Future State. The memory of the dead seems intended to serve as a kind of ladder for the living, whereon they may ascend from things seen to things unseen. As we grow older, and more imbued with the spirit of this world, it seems ordained that thoughts of death and the dead should grow proportionately stronger, so as to imbue us with the spirit of another world. As age brings us more and more within the danger of the infection of this world, death presses his keen... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:1-8

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:5

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:7

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:8

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:1-8

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 16:5-8

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 16:1-8

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 16:5

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 16:6

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