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Mark 16:5
5As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
Mark 16:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.
- New Living Translation (NLT)When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked,
Context of Mark 16:5
3and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?” 4But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. 6“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’ ”
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καὶ εἰσελθοῦσαι εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον εἶδον νεανίσκον καθήμενον ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς περιβεβλημένον στολὴν λευκὴν καὶ ἐξεθαμβήθησαν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- enteringεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- the sepulchreμνημεῖονmnēmeion · graveG3419
- they sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- a young manνεανίσκοςneaniskos · young manG3495
- sittingκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
- onἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the right sideδεξιόςdexios · rightG1188
- clothedπεριβάλλωperiballō · to clotheG4016
- in a longστολήstolē · robeG4749
- whiteλευκόςleukos · whiteG3022
- they were affrightedἐκθαμβέωekthambeō · be awe-struckG1568
Cross-references for Mark 16:5
- Luke 24:3but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
- John 20:8Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.
- Daniel 10:5I looked up and there before me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.
- Matthew 28:3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
- Luke 24:4While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
- John 20:11Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb
- Mark 6:49but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out,
- Daniel 8:17As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
- Daniel 10:7I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision; those who were with me did not see it, but such terror overwhelmed them that they fled and hid themselves.
- Luke 1:12When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear.
Commentaries on Mark 16:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-8Verses 1-8 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 original. Many of the substances used for embalming were “bitter” - as, for example, myrrh - and none of them, perhaps, could properly be called “sweet.” The word “spices” expresses all that there is in the original. Anoint him - Embalm him, or apply these spices to…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man--In Mt 28:2 he is called "the angel of the Lord"; but here he is described as he appeared to the eye, in the bloom of a life that knows no decay. In Matthew he is represented as sitting on the stone outside the sepulchre; but since even there he says, "Come, see the place where the Lord lay" (Mt 28:6), he seems, as Alford says, to have gone in with them from without; only awaiting their arrival to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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