Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 16:10-11

"She went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, disbelieved." — Mark 16:10-11 (ASV)

And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not (Mark 16:10–11).

I can imagine that scene: the weeping and mourning disciples, and this eager woman telling her story, and telling it with evident truthfulness and deep pathos, but they did not believe her.

Do you expect to be believed whenever you tell the story of your Lord's resurrection, or any other part of the gospel message? You have to tell it, not to Christ's disciples, but to those who are aliens from the commonwealth of Israel; and, probably, you do not tell it as well as Mary Magdalene did.

Do not marvel, therefore, if often those who hear your message do not believe it. Ensure that you believe it yourself, and keep on telling it whether others believe it or not, and God will bless it to some of them eventually.