Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:14
14. Afterward Mark gives here a third appearance. Appeared unto the eleven They are called the eleven because this was now their official number, and not because there were really eleven present, for Thomas was absent on that occasion. This was probably the same as the appearance mentioned by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:5, where they are called the twelve. This same meeting is described in John 20:19-23, but most fully in Luke 24:36-49; upon that occasion our Lord saluted them with peace,... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:13
13. They The two disciples from Emmaus. The residue The rest of their fellow apostles. Neither believed they them There was perhaps a reasonableness in this distrust of particular relations of our Lord’s appearances. A due skepticism of any particular story was doubtless right. It did not imply necessarily a disbelief that the Lord would rise again according to his promises. In fact, like true philosophers, the disciples held that no narrative of the kind should be accepted until it... read more