Mark 16:6

6 Which saith to them, Do not ye dread; ye seek Jesus of Nazareth crucified; he is risen, he is not here; lo! the place where they laid him.

Mark 16:6 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 16:6

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.

Mark 16:6 In-Context

4 And they beheld, and saw the stone wallowed away, for it was full great.
5 And they went into the sepulchre, and saw a youngling, covered with a white stole, sitting at the right half; and they were afeared. [+And they entering into the sepulchre, saw a young one, covered with a white stole, sitting on the right half; and they were astonished/and they were abashed, or greatly afeared.]
6 Which saith to them, Do not ye dread; ye seek Jesus of Nazareth crucified; he is risen, he is not here; lo! the place where they laid him.
7 But go ye, and say to his disciples, and to Peter, that he shall go before you into Galilee; there ye shall see him, as he said to you.
8 And they went out, and fled from the sepulchre; for dread and quaking had assailed them [for trembling and dread had assailed them], and to no man they said any thing, for they dreaded.
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