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Mark 16:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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 16:6
Verse in Context
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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.’”
8 They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.
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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 16:5
"Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed."
Mark 16:7
"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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