Mark 16:5

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.
• New International Version (NIV)As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
• 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.

Context of Mark 16:5

3On the way they were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” 4But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled aside. When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked, 6but the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body. 7Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died.”

Mark 16:5 word by word

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 24:3So they went in, but they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus.
• John 20:8Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed—
• Daniel 10:5I looked up and saw a man dressed in linen clothing, with a belt of pure gold around his waist.
• Matthew 28:3His face shone like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow.
• Luke 24:4As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes.
• John 20:11Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in.
• Mark 6:49but when they saw him walking on the water, they cried out in terror, thinking he was a ghost.
• Daniel 8:17As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. “Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end.”
• Daniel 10:7Only I, Daniel, saw this vision. The men with me saw nothing, but they were suddenly terrified and ran away to hide.
• Luke 1:12Zechariah was shaken and overwhelmed with fear when he saw him.

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

Topics related to Mark 16:5

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Jesus, the Christ
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In the dictionaries

• Colour
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• Unbelief
• Color; Colors
• Jesus Christ
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Nazareth, Nazarene

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