Mark 16

Mark 16:1-4

¹When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. ²Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. ³They were saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?” ⁴for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.

After the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene, Mary, and Salome bring spices and find the large stone already rolled away.

Mark 16:5-7

⁵Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. ⁶He 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! ⁷But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’”

They see a young man in white who says Jesus is risen and tells them to announce to the disciples and Peter that He goes before them to Galilee.

Mark 16:8

⁸They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.

The women flee trembling and astonished, and say nothing to anyone because they are afraid.

Mark 16:9-11

⁹Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. ¹⁰She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. ¹¹When they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.

Risen Jesus appears first to Mary Magdalene; she tells the mourning disciples, but they do not believe.

Mark 16:12-13

¹²After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them as they walked, on their way into the country. ¹³They went away and told it to the rest. They didn’t believe them, either.

Jesus appears in another form to two disciples walking in the country; they report it, and the others still do not believe.

Mark 16:14

¹⁴Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table; and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

Jesus appears to the Eleven as they recline at table and rebukes their unbelief and hardness of heart for not believing those who had seen Him risen.

Mark 16:15

¹⁵He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

The risen Jesus commands His disciples to go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

Mark 16:16

¹⁶He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

Jesus ties salvation to believing and being baptized, and warns that unbelief brings condemnation.

Mark 16:17-18

¹⁷These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; ¹⁸they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Jesus promises that signs will accompany those who believe—authority over demons, new tongues, protection, and healing hands.

Mark 16:19-20

¹⁹So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰They went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

The Lord is taken up to heaven and sits at God’s right hand; the disciples preach everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by signs.

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