Mark 16:20. And they went forth. Not out of the room (Mark 16:14), but out into the world (Mark 16:15) to preach everywhere. The writer cannot mean that our Lord ascended from that room.

Everywhere. The gospel was diffused very rapidly, and at the date of Mark's Gospel the use of this general term was perfectly justifiable.

The Lord working, etc. The fulfilment of the promise in Mark 16:17-18, is here stated. This close corresponds admirably with the character of the whole. The wonder-working Son of God is represented as continuing to work through His Apostles. The emphasis hitherto given to His miracles is preserved in this brief sketch of their activity, and that too in close connection with Him as the Glorified Redeemer, still working the same wonders. J. A. Alexander: ‘If the original conclusion of this book is lost, its place has been wonderfully well supplied.'

Amen. This word is better supported here than at the close of the other Gospels, but is of doubtful authority.

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