Mark 16:6

He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!

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He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him!

BSB

But he said to them, “ Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.

KJV

And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

ASV

And he saith unto them, Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who hath been crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold, the place where they laid him!

BBE

And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

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ὁ ho (the) G3588 δὲ de And G1161 λέγει legei he says G3004 αὐταῖς autais to them G846 μὴ mē Not G3361 ἐκθαμβεῖσθε ekthambeisthe do be amazed G1568 Ἰησοῦν Iēsoun Jesus G2424 ζητεῖτε zēteite you seek G2212 τὸν ton the G3588 Ναζαρηνὸν Nazarēnon Nazarene G3479 τὸν ton the [One] G3588 ἐσταυρωμένον estaurōmenon crucified G4717 ἠγέρθη ēgerthē He is risen G1453 οὐκ ouk Not G3756 ἔστιν estin He is G1510 ὧδε hōde here G5602 ἴδε ide Behold G2396 ὁ ho the G3588 τόπος topos place G5117 ὅπου hopou where G3699 ἔθηκαν ethēkan they laid G5087 αὐτόν auton Him G846

The early church

(Hom. in Evan. 21) As though he had said, Let them fear, who love not the coming of the inhabitants of heaven; let them fear, who, weighed down with carnal desires, despair that they can ever attain to their company; but why should ye fear, ye who see your own fellow citizens. (ubi sup.) But let us hear what the Angel adds; Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus means the Saviour, but at that time there may have been many a Jesus, not indeed really, but in name, therefore the place Nazareth is added, that it might be evident of what Jesus it was spoken. And immediately he subjoins the reason, Which was crucified. (ubi sup.) He is not here, is spoken of His carnal presence, for He was not absent from any place as to the presence of His majesty.

Gregory the Dialogist · d. 604Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

For he does not blush at the Cross, for in it is the salvation of men, and the beginning of the Blessed. As if he had said, Do ye wish to be certain of His resurrection, he adds, Behold the place where they laid him. This too was the reason why he had rolled away the stone, that he might show the the place.

Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted. For there is no fear in love. Why should they fear, who had found Him whom they sought? But the bitter root of the Cross has disappeared. The flower of life has burst forth with its fruits, that is, He who lay in death has risen in glory. Wherefore he adds, He is risen; he is not here.

Pseudo-Jerome · d. 9999Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–8

Nicodemus brought a large quantity of spices, but these good women did not think that enough. The respect others show to Christ, should not hinder us from showing our respect. And those who are carried by holy zeal, to seek Christ diligently, will find the difficulties in their way speedily vanish. When we put ourselves to trouble and expense, from love to Christ, we shall be accepted, though our endeavours are not successful. The sight of the angel might justly have encouraged them, but they were affrighted. Thus many times that which should be matter of comfort to us, through our own mistake, proves a terror to us. He was crucified, but he is glorified. He is risen, he is not here, not dead, but alive again; hereafter you will see him, but you may here see the place where he was laid. Thus seasonable comforts will be sent to those that lament after the Lord Jesus. Peter is particularly named, Tell Peter; it will be most welcome to him, for he is in sorrow for sin. A sight of Christ will be very welcome to a true penitent, and a true penitent is very welcome to a sight of Christ. The men ran with all the haste they could to the disciples; but disquieting fears often hinder us from doing that service to Christ and to the souls of men, which, if faith and the joy of faith were strong, we might do.

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