Marco 16:8

8 Ed esse, uscite prontamente, se ne fuggirono dal monumento; perciocchè tremito e spavento le avea occupate; e non dissero nulla ad alcuno, perciocchè aveano paura.

Marco 16:8 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 16:8

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.

Marco 16:8 In-Context

6 Ed egli disse loro: Non vi spaventate; voi cercate Gesù, il Nazareno, ch’è stato crocifisso; egli è risuscitato, egli non è qui; ecco il luogo ove l’aveano posto.

7 Ma andate, e dite a’ suoi discepoli ed a Pietro, ch’egli va innanzi a voi in Galilea; quivi lo vedrete, come egli vi ha detto.

8 Ed esse, uscite prontamente, se ne fuggirono dal monumento; perciocchè tremito e spavento le avea occupate; e non dissero nulla ad alcuno, perciocchè aveano paura.

9 OR Gesù, essendo risuscitato la mattina del primo giorno della settimana, apparve prima a Maria Maddalena, della quale avea cacciati sette demoni.

10 Ed ella andò, e l’annunziò a coloro ch’erano stati con lui, i quali facevan cordoglio, e piangevano.