# Mark 16 📖: He Is Risen
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#💬 Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🔗 Related Passages]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#📂 Internal Notes]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
#### The Resurrection
**Principle**: All things new! The King Returns.
[[#Verse 01.]] When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him.
[[#Verse 02.]] And very early on the first day of the week, at sunrise, they went to the tomb.
[[#Verse 03.]] They had been asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”
[[#Verse 04.]] But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled back.
[[#Verse 05.]] Then as they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.
[[#Verse 06.]] But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.
[[#Verse 07.]] But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”
[[#Verse 08.]] [^1] Then they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
#### The Longer Ending of Mark
**Principle**:
[[#Verse 09.]] Early on the first day of the week, after he arose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.
[[#Verse 10.]] She went out and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.
[[#Verse 11.]] And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.
[[#Verse 12.]] After this he appeared in a different form to two of them while they were on their way to the country.
[[#Verse 13.]] They went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.
[[#Verse 14.]] Then he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were eating, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him resurrected.
[[#Verse 15.]] He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
[[#Verse 16.]] The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.
[[#Verse 17.]] These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;
[[#Verse 18.]] they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.”
[[#Verse 19.]] After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
[[#Verse 20.]] They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.
## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. The women brought spices to anoint the body (16:1) because the Sabbath had forced a hurried burial.
2. The women came early on the first day of the week (16:2), and Christians soon began gathering on Sunday, the Lord's Day.
3. Women's testimony was often given less weight in that culture, yet all four Gospels name women as the first witnesses of the empty tomb, a detail unlikely to have been invented.
4. Mark describes a young man dressed in a white robe (16:5). Matthew calls him an angel (Matthew 28:2-5).
5. Only Mark adds "and Peter" to the angel's message (16:7), fitting the tradition that Mark recorded Peter's preaching.
6. The two oldest complete Greek manuscripts of Mark, Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus, end at 16:8.
7. Most modern Bibles, including the NET, print verses 9 to 20 but mark them as a later addition.
8. Irenaeus, writing around AD 180, quotes from Mark 16:19, so the longer ending was known early.
9. Some manuscripts include a much shorter ending after 16:8, showing that early copyists also wrestled with Mark's abrupt close.
10. Verses 9 to 20 summarize events also reported elsewhere, such as Jesus' appearance to Mary Magdalene (John 20:11-18) and to the two on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35).
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
> [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way.
## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the risen Lord. The angel announced that the crucified Jesus has been raised (16:6), and He goes ahead of His people (16:7). His resurrection is the firstfruits of all who belong to Him (1 Corinthians 15:20).
## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application
> [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way.
## 💬 Discussion Questions
1. The women went to the tomb wondering who would roll away the stone (16:3). What "stones" are you worried about that God may already have moved?
2. The angel told the women to tell the disciples and Peter (16:7). Why do you think Peter was named, and what does that say about grace?
3. Jesus sent His followers into all the world with the good news (16:15). Where is your "world" this week?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- 📖 verse 6: The angel tells the women that Jesus has been raised and is not in the tomb.
- 📖 verse 7: The disciples, and Peter by name, are told that Jesus is going ahead of them to Galilee.
- 📖 verse 15: Jesus sends His followers into all the world to preach the gospel.
## 🔗 Related Passages
- 🔗 [[Psalm 16#Verse 10.|Psalm 16:10]] - You will not let Your faithful one see decay.
- 🔗 [[1 Corinthians 15#Verse 03.|1 Corinthians 15:3-8]] - He was raised and appeared to many.
- 🔗 [[Mark 14#Verse 28.|Mark 14:28]] - Jesus promised to go ahead of them to Galilee.
- 🔗 [[John 20#Verse 11.|John 20:11-18]] - Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene.
- 🔗 [[Luke 24#Verse 13.|Luke 24:13-35]] - The road to Emmaus.
- 🔗 [[Matthew 28#Verse 19.|Matthew 28:19-20]] - The Great Commission.
- 🔗 [[Acts 01#Verse 09.|Acts 1:9-11]] - Jesus ascends into heaven.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
📝 SOAP: [[Mark 16- SOAP|Go]]
## 📂 Internal Notes
[^1]: [[Series_BAssurance_1_1Peter1.1-12]]