Charles Ellicott Commentary Mark 16
Charles Ellicott Commentary
Mark 16
Charles Ellicott Commentary
Mark 16
"And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the [mother] of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him." — Mark 16:1 (ASV)
And when the sabbath was past.—See Notes on Matthew 28:1-8. Mary the mother of James (not, as in Mark 15:40, of James and Joses) answers, as before, to the other Mary of Matthew 28:1. Salome appears, as before, in St. Mark only.
"And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the sun was risen." — Mark 16:2 (ASV)
At the rising of the sun.—Literally, when the sun had risen. There seems at first a slight discrepancy between this and Matthew’s while it was yet dark. A morning haze, however, or the partial continuance of the gloom which had shrouded the city on the previous day, may well be thought of as harmonizing the two accounts.
"And they were saying among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the tomb?" — Mark 16:3 (ASV)
And they said among themselves . . .—Literally, and they were saying to themselves. The words were on the point of rising to their lips as they looked up and saw the stone rolled away.
"and looking up, they see that the stone is rolled back: for it was exceeding great." — Mark 16:4 (ASV)
For it was very great.—The words have been explained as giving the reason for their previous question, but it seems more natural to see in them St. Mark’s explanation of his having used the word “rolled away” instead of saying, simply, “taken away” or “removed.”
"And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, arrayed in a white robe; and they were amazed." — Mark 16:5 (ASV)
A young man sitting on the right side.—So St. Mark describes the form which St. Matthew (Matthew 28:1) simply calls an angel of the Lord.
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