Markus 16:3

3 En zeiden tot elkander: Wie zal ons den steen van de deur des grafs afwentelen?

Markus 16:3 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 16:3

And they said among themselves
Either before they set out, or as they were going along:

who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
Which they saw was placed there by Joseph, or his orders: this was the only difficulty they had, that they were aware of; for they seem to know nothing of the sealing of the stone, and of the watch that was set to guard the sepulchre: things which were done on the sabbath day, on which they rested: for had they, in all likelihood they would never have attempted to have gone to it; the guard of soldiers would have been a sufficient discouragement: but all their concern was, how, and by whom, the stone should be rolled away, that lay at the door of the sepulchre; and perhaps their concern might be, not only on account of the largeness of the stone, as being too much for them to remove, but because such a stone defiled by touching it, according to the Jewish traditions ^F9.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Misn. Oholot, c. 2. sect 4.

Markus 16:3 In-Context

1 En als de sabbat voorbijgegaan was, hadden Maria Magdalena, en Maria, de moeder van Jakobus, en Salome specerijen gekocht, opdat zij kwamen en Hem zalfden.

2 En zeer vroeg op den eersten dag der week, kwamen zij tot het graf, als de zon opging;

3 En zeiden tot elkander: Wie zal ons den steen van de deur des grafs afwentelen?

4 (En opziende zagen zij, dat de steen afgewenteld was) want hij was zeer groot.

5 En in het graf ingegaan zijnde, zagen zij een jongeling, zittende ter rechter zijde, bekleed met een wit lang kleed, en werden verbaasd.