Mark 16:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. ”

• Mark 16:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 28:1-8 . Mark 16:1 Sweet spices - “Aromatics.” Substances used in embalming. The idea of sweetness is not, however, implied in the origin...

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• Mark 16:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And when they (a) looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. (a) When they cast their eyes toward the sepulchre.

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• Mark 16:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 origina...

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• Mark 16:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  looked . looked up. Greek. anablepo . App-133. saw . see (implying attention, surprise, andpleasure). Greek. theoreo. App-133. was . had been.

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• Mark 16:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. For it was very great - This clause should be read immediately after the third verse, according to D, three copie...

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• Mark 16:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And when they looked, &c.— 'Αναβλεψασαι, lifting up their eyes. The reader will observe, that the parenthesis at the end of this verse, is an instance of the same mode of expression as that r...

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• Mark 16:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. This last clause is...

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• Mark 16:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Resurrection 1-8. The women at the tomb, and the angel ( Matthew 28:1 ; Luke 24:1 ; John 20:1 ). See on Mt and Jn.

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• Mark 16:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  XVI. (1-8) 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...

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• Mark 16:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 16 CHAPTER 16:1-18 ( Mark 16:1-18 ) CHRIST RISEN "And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint...

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• Mark 16:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Power of His Resurrection Mark 16:1-20 In the dim light the women brave the dangers of an Eastern city and hasten to the grave. How often we seek Christ in the grave of old experiences or o...

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• Mark 16:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  How completely all His disciples had missed the meaning of His teaching concerning His own resurrection may be gathered from this story. The women were bringing spices to embalm His body. In spite of...

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• Mark 16:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (2) And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun, (3) And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the do...

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• Mark 16:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And when they looked ,.... Towards the sepulchre, as they came near it: they saw that the stone was rolled away ; they perceived it lay at some distance from the door of the sepulchre, which doubt...

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• Mark 16:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. Ver. 4. And when they looked ] Or, as some read it, when they looked up; for till now they may seem either to...

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• Mark 16:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And they said, Who shall roll us away the stone This seems to have been the only difficulty they apprehended. So they knew nothing of Pilate's having sealed the stone, and placed a guard of soldier...

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• Mark 16:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Women at the Sepulchre; The Apostles Reproved.       1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James,...

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• Mark 16:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Mark 16:3 "

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• Mark 16:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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 w...

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• Mark 16:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 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 tw...

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• Mark 16:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Mark 16:3-4 The facts of our religion which, if supernatural is historical are, when rightly appreciated, so many moral forces for the soul, incorporating ideas which give courage and gladness, an...

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• Mark 16:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Mark 16:1-2 . And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in. the morning t...

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• Mark 16:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Mark 16:1 . When the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene came very early in the morning to the sepulchre. See on Luke 8:2 . All the circumstances mentioned in these eight verses claim particular not...

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• Mark 16:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And when the Sabbath was past. The Sabbath before the resurrection of Christ There never was such a Sabbath on earth as that described here. 1. To Jesus, our Divine Master, it was a Sabbath...

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• Mark 16:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Mark 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices ἠγόρασαν ἀρώματα ) that they might come and anoint h...

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• Mark 16:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Resurrection of Jesus. The women at the sepulcher:

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• Mark 16:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  John 20:1 ; Luke 24:2 ; Matthew 28:2-4

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• Mark 16:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Wanderer's Return Mark 16:1-9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The question of waxing lukewarm is one which is prominent before the minds of the churches. There are none, so far as we know, who believe...

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