Verse 9
The NIV has supplied "Jesus." The Greek text says, "Now after He had risen." The antecedent of "He" is obviously Jesus, but the lack of this antecedent in the immediately preceding context seems to some interpreters to indicate a major break between Mark 16:8-9. Perhaps the writer did not feel he needed to name Jesus since He is the obvious antecedent. [Note: Morison, p. 450.]
The writer may have described Mary Magdalene as he did here to explain why she was at the tomb. Jesus’ had done a great thing for her, and her love for Him was consequently very great. Perhaps the writer described her as he did to identify her more precisely since she becomes an important figure here for the first time in Mark’s Gospel. Mary had returned to the tomb after she had left it (Mark 16:1-8). Evidently people could not naturally perceive Jesus for who He was unless Jesus revealed Himself to them (cf. Luke 24:16; Luke 24:31). [Note: S. J. Andrews, The Life of Our Lord Upon the Earth, p. 590.]
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