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Mark 16:10

The Empty Tomb

She went and told those who had been with Him, who were mourning and weeping. Mark 16:10 · Berean Standard Bible
What It Means

Mark 16:10, in plain English

She goes and tells Jesus' followers, who are still mourning and crying.

Why it's here

Picture the scene: a room full of devastated, grieving people, and Mary bursts in with the most unbelievable news anyone has ever delivered.

Who's speaking

Mark describes Mary bringing the news to the disciples.

Where it sits in the story

She runs from the greatest moment in history into a room full of the deepest grief. She has the cure for their sorrow, but will they believe her?

A Closer Look

The scholarly reading

Mary Magdalene carries the resurrection news to Jesus' companions, who are pentheosin kai klaiousin (mourning and weeping), still in the grip of grief.

Language and setting

The mourning and weeping describe formal Jewish grief practices. The disciples' state contrasts sharply with the news Mary brings, setting up the theme of disbelief that follows.

Voice

The narrator describes Mary's mission to the grieving disciples.

Significance

Mary brings the greatest news in history to a room full of weeping followers. The contrast between her joy and their grief illustrates the jarring nature of the resurrection message.

In context

Mark 16:8–12

8So the women left the tomb and ran away, trembling and bewildered. And in their fear they did not say a word to anyone.

9Early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons.

10She went and told those who had been with Him, who were mourning and weeping.

11And when they heard that Jesus was alive and she had seen Him, they did not believe it.

12After this, Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them as they walked along in the country.

Read all of Mark 16 — Three women arrive at dawn expecting a corpse. They find a young man in white and a message that rewrites everything: he is risen.

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