Marco 16:8

8 Ed esse, uscite, fuggiron via dal sepolcro, perché eran prese da tremito e da stupore, e non dissero nulla ad alcuno, perché 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 Ma egli disse loro: Non vi spaventate! Voi cercate Gesù il Nazareno che è stato crocifisso; egli è risuscitato; non è qui; ecco il luogo dove l’aveano posto.

7 Ma andate a dire ai suoi discepoli ed a Pietro, ch’egli vi precede in Galilea; quivi lo vedrete, come v’ha detto.

8 Ed esse, uscite, fuggiron via dal sepolcro, perché eran prese da tremito e da stupore, e non dissero nulla ad alcuno, perché aveano paura.

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

10 Costei andò ad annunziarlo a coloro ch’eran stati con lui, i quali facean cordoglio e piangevano.