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; Luke 24:1). SWEET SPICES. aromatics.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. AT THE RISING, &a. the sun having risen.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Divine supplement, peculiar to Mark. SHALL. will. ROLL US AWAY. The ground being on an incline (sideways), therefore the door was... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOKED. looked up. Greek. _anablepo_. App-133. SAW. see (implying attention, surprise, andpleasure). Greek. _theoreo._ App-133. WAS. had been.... [ Continue Reading ]
INTO. Greek. _eis_ App-104. SAW. App-133. ON = in. Greek. _en_. App-104. Not the same word as in Mark 16:18. LONG... GARMENT. Greek. _stole_. longouter robe of distinction. AFFRIGHTED. amazed.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT. Greek. _me_. App-105. Not the same as in the next clause and verses: Mark 16:14; 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 emphasiz... [ Continue Reading ]
AND PETER.. Divine supplement, here. SEE. Greek. _opsomai._ App-133. a AS. even as.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM. away from. Greek. _apo._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 i... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. in company with. Greek _-meta._ App-104. Not the same word as in Mark 16:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS ALIVE. is alive [again from the dead]. See note on _zao._ Matthew 9:18. SEEN. Greek. _theaomai._ App-133. OF. by. Greek. _hupo._ App-104. BELIEVED NOT. disbelieved [it].... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER. Greek. _meta._ App-104. THAT. these things. APPEARED. was manifested. Greek. _phaneroo._ App-106. Not the same word as in 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTERWARD, &c.. Later. Greek. _husteron_. A Divine supplement, here. UPBRAIDED. reproached.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAID. Probably some time after 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 D... [ Continue Reading ]
BELIEVETH. Seo App-150., i. BAPTIZED. See App-115. BELIEVETH NOT. disbelieveth. DAMNED. condemned. Greek. _katakrino._ App-122.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE SIGNS SHALL FOLLOW. these signs shall attend, or follow close upon. See App-167 and Hebrews 2:3; Hebrews 2:4, and the fulfilment in Acts 3:7; Acts 3:8; Acts 5:16; Acts 6:8; Acts 9:34; Acts 9:40, &c. They were limited to the dispensation covered by the Acts of the Apostles. See... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL TAKE UP SERPENTS. See Acts 28:5. Compare 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. App-98. C. The contrast is between the Lord of Mark 16:19, and the disciples of Mark 16:20. HEAVEN. the heaven. Singular. See notes on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. ON. at. Greek. _ek._ App-104. GOD. See App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY WHERE. See Colossians 1:6; Colossians 1:23. THE LORD. Jehovah (App-89. A. b). The witness _of_ "God" _is_ distinguished (in Hebrews 2:4) from the testimony of His Son (Hebrews 2:3), and from the gifts of the Spirit _(pneuma hagion,_ App-101.) (Hebrews 2:4). CONFIRMING, &c. See Hebrews 2:4. T... [ Continue Reading ]