But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.
Never was there such a sabbath since the sabbath was first instituted as this was, which the first words of this chapter tell us was now past; during all this sabbath our Lord Jesus lay in the grave. It was to him a sabbath of rest, but a silent sabbath, it was to his disciples a melancholy sabbath, spent in tears and fears.
Commenting on Mark 16:1-8
And he saith unto them, be not affrighted,.... See Gill on Mat 28:5, Mat 28:6, where the same things, and almost in the same words, are said as here. , where the same things, and almost in the same words, are said as here. Mark 16:7 mar 16:7 mar 16:7 mar 16:7But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter,....
he saith unto them, Be not affrighted--a stronger word than "Fear not" in Matthew (Mat 28:5). Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified!--"the Nazarene, the Crucified," he is risen; he is not here--(See on Luk 24:5-6). behold the place where they laid him--(See on Mat 28:6).