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**when the sabbath was past** : i.e. the weekly sabbath. This was three nights and three days from the preparation day, when He was buried. See App-156 .
**had bought.** Before the weekly sabbath ([Luke 23:56](../../../kjv/luke/23/56) ; [Luke 24:1](../../../kjv/luke/24/1) ).
**sweet spices** = aromatics.

**first (day) of the week.** Greek. the first of the Sabbath.
**came** = come.
**unto** = up to. Greek. *epi* . App-104 .,
**sepulchre** . See [Mark 15:46](../../../kjv/mark/15/46) .
**at the rising** , &a = the sun having risen.

**among** = to. Greek. *pros.* App-104 .
**Who shall roll** , &c. ? That was their only difficulty; therefore *they* could not have heard about the sealing and the watch. This is a Divine supplement, peculiar to Mark.
**shall** = will.
**roll us away** . The ground being on an incline (sideways), therefore the door was more easily closed than opened.
**from** = cut of (Gk. *ek.* App-104 .): out of the bottom of the incline. Not the same word as in [Mark 16:8](../../../kjv/mark/16/8) . L and TR read *apo* ( App-104 .), away from, as in [Mark 16:8](../../../kjv/mark/16/8) .

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

**into** = Greek. *eis* App-104 .
**saw.** App-133 .
**on =** in. Greek. *en* . App-104 . Not the same word as in [Mark 16:18](../../../kjv/mark/16/18) .
**long . . . garment** . Greek. *stole* a longouter robe of distinction.
**affrighted** = amazed.

**not** . Greek. *me* . App-105 . Not the same as in the next clause and verses: [Mark 16:14](../../../kjv/mark/16/14) , [Mark 16:18](../../../kjv/mark/16/18) .
**Jesus.** App-98 .
**Which was crucified** = Who has been crucified. Note the Figure of speech *Asyndeton* ( App-6 ), leading up breathlessly to the climax = "there shall ye see Him". Thus the passage is emphasized; and the "sudden reduction of ands' "is not "an internal argument against genuineness"!
**not.** Greek. *ou* . App-105 .
**behold** = look Greek. *ide* , App-133 .:3.

**and Peter.** A Divine supplement, here.
**see.** Greek. *opsomai.* App-133 . a
**as** = even as.

**from** = away from. Greek. *apo.* App-104 .

**Now when Jesus was risen,** &c. For the sequence of events after the Resurrection, see App-166 . For the genuineness of these last twelve verses (9-20) of Mark, see App-168 .
**early** : i.e. any time after sunset on our Saturday, 6pm. See App-165 .
**appeared.** Greek. *phaino.* App-106 . Not the same word as in [Mark 16:12](../../../kjv/mark/16/12) .
**out of** = from. Greek. *apo.* App-104 .
**devils** = demons.

**with** = in company with. Greek *-meta.* App-104 . Not the same word as in [Mark 16:20](../../../kjv/mark/16/20) .

**was alive** = is alive [again from the dead]. See note on *zao.* [Matthew 9:18](../../../kjv/matthew/9/18) .
**seen.** Greek. *theaomai.* App-133 .
**of** = by. Greek. *hupo.* App-104 .
**believed not** = disbelieved [it].

**After.** Greek. *meta.* App-104 .
**that** = these things.
**appeared** = was manifested. Greek. *phaneroo.* App-106 . Not the same word as in [Mark 16:9](../../../kjv/mark/16/9) .
**in.** Greek *en.* App-104 .
**another** = different. Greek. *heteros.* App-124 .
**of** = out of. Greek. *ek.* App-104 .
**as they walked,** &c. See [Luke 24:13-35](../../../kjv/luke/24/13-35) .

**Afterward,** &c. = Later. Greek. *husteron* . A Divine supplement, here.
**upbraided** = reproached.

**He said.** Probably some time after [Mark 16:14](../../../kjv/mark/16/14) , on the eve of the Ascension.
**world** *= kosmos.* App-129 .
**preach** = proclaim. Greek. *kerusso.* App-121 .
**the gospel** = the glad tidings.
**every creature** = all the creation. Put by Figure of speech *Snec doche* (of Genus), App-6 , for all mankind.
**Fulfilled during "that generation"** . See [Colossians 1:6](../../../kjv/colossians/1/6) , [Colossians 1:23](../../../kjv/colossians/1/23) .

**believeth.** Seo App-150 ., i.
**baptized.** See App-115 .
**believeth not** = disbelieveth.
**damned** = condemned. Greek. *katakrino.* App-122 .

**these signs shall follow** = these signs shall attend, or follow close upon. See App-167 and [Hebrews 2:3](../../../kjv/hebrews/2/3) , [Hebrews 2:4](../../../kjv/hebrews/2/4) , and the fulfilment in [Acts 3:7](../../../kjv/acts/3/7) , [Acts 3:8](../../../kjv/acts/3/8) ; [Acts 5:16](../../../kjv/acts/5/16) ; [Acts 6:8](../../../kjv/acts/6/8) ; [Acts 9:34](../../../kjv/acts/9/34) , [Acts 9:40](../../../kjv/acts/9/40) , &c. They were limited to the dispensation covered by the Acts of the Apostles. See [Hebrews 2:3](../../../kjv/hebrews/2/3) , [Hebrews 2:4](../../../kjv/hebrews/2/4) ; [Hebrews 6:1-6](../../../kjv/hebrews/6/1-6) ; and compare [1 Corinthians 13:8-10](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/13/8-10) .
**them that believe** . Not merely the Apostles, therefore. See App-168 .
**In** = Through. Greek. *en* . App-104 .
**In My name.** Note the Figure of speech Asyndeton, App-6 .
**shall they cast out devils** . See [Acts 8:7](../../../kjv/acts/8/7) ; [Acts 16:18](../../../kjv/acts/16/18) ; [Acts 19:11-16](../../../kjv/acts/19/11-16) .
**speak with new tongues.** See [Acts 2:4-11](../../../kjv/acts/2/4-11) (as foretold by [Joel 2:28](../../../kjv/joel/2/28) , [Joel 2:29](../../../kjv/joel/2/29) ); [Mark 10:46](../../../kjv/mark/10/46) ; Mar 19:6 . [1 Corinthians 12:28](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/12/28) ; and [Mark 14](../../../kjv/mark/14) .
**new** = different in character. Greek. *kainos,* not *neos.* See notes on [Matthew 9:17](../../../kjv/matthew/9/17) ; [Matthew 26:28](../../../kjv/matthew/26/28) , [Matthew 26:29](../../../kjv/matthew/26/29) ,

**They shall take up serpents.** See [Acts 28:5](../../../kjv/acts/28/5) . Compare [Luke 10:19](../../../kjv/luke/10/19) .
**if they drink,** &c. The condition to be seen by the result. App-118 .
**drink** , &c. Eusebius (iii. 39) records this of John and of Barsabas, surnamed Justus.
**not** = by no means. Greek. *ou me.* App-105 .
**lay hands on** (Greek. *epi.* App-104 .)
**the sick** . See [Acts 3:7](../../../kjv/acts/3/7) ; [Acts 19:11](../../../kjv/acts/19/11) [Acts 19:12](../../../kjv/acts/19/12) ; [Acts 2:8](../../../kjv/acts/2/8) , [Acts 2:9](../../../kjv/acts/2/9) , [Acts 2:10](../../../kjv/acts/2/10) . c. [1 Corinthians 12:9](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/12/9) , [1 Corinthians 12:28](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/12/28) . [James 5:14](../../../kjv/james/5/14) .

**the Lord.** App-98 . C. The contrast is between the Lord of [Mark 16:19](../../../kjv/mark/16/19) , and the disciples of [Mark 16:20](../../../kjv/mark/16/20) .
**heaven** = the heaven. Singular. See notes on [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) .
**on** = at. Greek. *ek.* App-104 .
**God** . See App-98 .

**every where** . See [Colossians 1:6](../../../kjv/colossians/1/6) , [Colossians 1:23](../../../kjv/colossians/1/23) .
**the LORD** = Jehovah ( App-89 . A. b). The witness *of* "God" *is* distinguished (in [Hebrews 2:4](../../../kjv/hebrews/2/4) ) from the testimony of His Son ([Hebrews 2:3](../../../kjv/hebrews/2/3) ), and from the gifts of the Spirit *(pneuma hagion,* App-101 .) ([Hebrews 2:4](../../../kjv/hebrews/2/4) ).
**confirming,** &c. See [Hebrews 2:4](../../../kjv/hebrews/2/4) .
**the word** . Greek. *Logos.* See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) .
**with** = by means of. Greek. *dia* . App-104 .[Mark 16:1](../../../kjv/mark/16/1) . d

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