And they went out quickly
Out of the sepulchre, into which they had been, to see where
Christ lay, as invited by the angel, ( Mark 16:6 ) . The word
"quickly", is not read in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic,
Persic, and Ethiopic versions: "which when they heard"; that is,
when they heard the angel's and instructions, immediately they
went out:
and fled from the sepulchre;
as surprised and affrighted:
for they trembled and were amazed;
at what they saw and heard, and yet this dread and fear were
mixed with joy at the news of Christ's resurrection, as Matthew
relates, ( Matthew 28:8
) .
Neither said they any thing to any man;
they met with by the way, till they came to the disciples; to
whom they told all, otherwise they would not have acted according
to the angel's orders
for they were afraid;
not only affrighted with what they had seen and heard, but the
were afraid to tell any but the disciples of these things, for
fear of the Jews; lest they should be thought to have stolen the
body of Christ, and so be taken up on that account, and punished.
