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Mark 16:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. "
Mark 16:5
Verse in Context
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3 They were saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?”
4 for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.
5 Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed.
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. See the place where they laid him!
7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’”
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Mark 16:1
"When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint him."
Mark 16:2
"Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen."
Mark 16:3
"They were saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?”"
Mark 16:4
"for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back."
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. See the place where they laid him!"
Mark 16:7
"But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’”"
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