6
but he says to them, Be not alarmed. Ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, the crucified one. He is risen, he is not here; behold the place where they had put him.
And he saith unto them, be not affrighted (See Gill on Matthew 28:5), (See Gill on Matthew 28:6), where the same things, and almost in the same words, are said as here.
4
And when they looked, they see that the stone has been rolled [away], for it was very great.
5
And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a white robe, and they were amazed and alarmed;
6
but he says to them, Be not alarmed. Ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, the crucified one. He is risen, he is not here; behold the place where they had put him.
7
But go, tell his disciples and Peter, he goes before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him, as he said to you.
8
And they went out, and fled from the sepulchre. And trembling and excessive amazement possessed them, and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.
Footnotes 1
[a].
The Greek word embraces, I think, the complex idea expressed by both 'amazed' and 'alarmed.' The second time it is used I have given the latter only, as sufficiently recalling the idea. The word occurs only here and in chs. 9.15; 14.33.