Mark 16:5

“And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Mark 16:5

And entring into the sepulchre, they sawe a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment, and they were affrighted.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at the right, wearing a white robe; and they were amazed.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, arrayed in a white robe; and they were amazed.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And when they went in, they saw a young man seated on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were full of wonder.
- Basic English Bible

When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a white robe, and they were amazed and alarmed;
- Darby Bible

And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed with a white robe: and they were astonished.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, arrayed in a white robe; and they were amazed.
- English Revised Version

Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Mark 16:5

Wesley's Notes for Mark 16:5


16:3 Who shall roll us away the stone - This seems to have been the only difficulty they apprehended. So they knew nothing of Pilate's having sealed the stone, and placed a guard of soldiers there.

16:7 And Peter - Though he so oft denied his Lord. What amazing goodness was this!



People's Bible Notes for Mark 16:5


Mr 16:5 And entering into the sepulchre. Mary Magdalene, seeing the stone rolled away, and supposing the body had been removed by the Jews, runs to find Peter and John (Joh 20:1-2). The other women proceed to the sepulchre, and enter. Saw a young man. Matthew calls him an angel (Mt 28:2). Luke says that there were two who "stood" (Lu 24:4); i.e., appeared suddenly. Besides, they might easily have both sat and stood during the interview; might have been both outside and inside at different moments, and they might have been seen both singly and together in the sudden and shifting apparition (Jacobus).

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