Mark 16:1._And when the Sabbath was past. _The meaning is the same as in Matthew, _In the evening, which began to dawn towards the first day of the Sabbaths, _and in Luke, on _the first day of the Sabbaths. _For while we know that the Jews began to reckon their day from the commencement of the prece... [ Continue Reading ]
3._And they said among themselves. _Mark alone expresses this doubt; but as the other Evangelists relate that _the stone was rolled away by the angel, _it may easily be inferred, that they remained in perplexity and doubt as to what they should do, until the entrance was opened up by the hand of God... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 16:11._And when they heard. _The testimony of Mary alone is related by Mark; but I am convinced that all of them in common conveyed the message in obedience to the commands of Christ. And even this passage confirms more fully what I have just now said, that there is no disagreement among the, E... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 16:14._Afterwards he appeared to the eleven, while they were sitting. _The participle ( ἀνακειμένοις) which some have rendered _sitting at table, _ought, in my opinion, to be simply rendered _sitting; _and it is not without reason that I take this view of it, if it be agreed that the Evangelist... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 16:16_He who shall believe and be baptized shall be saved. _This promise was added in order to allure all mankind to _believe; _as it is followed, on the other hand, by a threatening of awful destruction, in order to terrify unbelievers. Nor is it wonderful that salvation is promised to _believ... [ Continue Reading ]
17_And these signs shall follow them that shall believe. _As the Lord, while he still lived with men in the world, had ratified the faith of his gospel by miracles, so now he extends the same power to the future, lest the disciples should imagine that it could not be separated from his bodily presen... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 16:19._And after the Lord had thus spoken to them. _The Evangelist Matthew, having extolled in magnificent language the reign of Christ over the whole world, says nothing about his ascension to heaven. Mark, too, takes no notice of the place and the manner, both of which are described by Luke;... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 16:19._And sat down at the right hand of God. _In other passages I have explained what is meant by this expression, namely, that Christ was raised on high, that he might be exalted above angels and all creatures; that by his agency the Father might govern the world, and, in short, that _before... [ Continue Reading ]