Mark 16:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Neither said they any thing to any man;— If these words, agreeably to what we have observed on Mark 16:5 be construed to signify, that they did not tell, while their terror and amazement continued, what they had seen and heard to some whom they saw as they were flying from the sepulchre, it seems rational to conclude, that these were some of the disciples to whom they were ordered to deliver the message of the angel, and to whom they would probably have delivered it, had they not been under the greater perturbation of mind. For had the persons whom they saw, been any other than the disciples of Jesus, it is not likely that St. Mark would have taken any notice of their not saying any thing to any man; since it is reasonable to imagine that they would not, even though they had not been affrighted, have told the message of the angel to any but disciples. And as the time of Peter and John's running to the sepulchre, upon the first report of Mary Magdalene, coincides with that of these women flying from it, it is no improbable conjecture, that these were the persons whom they saw in their way, at a distance perhaps, and coming by a different road to the sepulchre; especially if it be considered, that as the words of St. Mark, neither said they, &c. seem to carry with them an imputation of neglect upon these women,—though he at the same time accounts for and excuses it, by adding, for they were afraid;—so the same evangelist has before acquainted us, Mark 16:7 that they were ordered by the angel to deliver the message he gave, to Peter in particular. See for an explanation of the following verses, the passages referred to in the marginal references.