◄ Mark 16:5 ►
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New International Version
As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

English Standard Version
And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.

New American Standard Bible
Entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at the right, wearing a white robe; and they were amazed.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; they were amazed and alarmed."

International Standard Version
As they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were utterly astonished.

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

Douay-Rheims 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.

Darby Bible Translation
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;

Young's Literal Translation
and having entered into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right hand, arrayed in a long white robe, and they were amazed.

Commentaries
Matthew Henry's Commentary
16:1-8 Nicodemus brought a large quantity of spices, but these good women did not think that enough. The respect others show to Christ, should not hinder us from showing our respect. And those who are carried by holy zeal, to seek Christ diligently, will find the difficulties in their way speedily vanish. When we put ourselves to trouble and expense, from love to Christ, we shall be accepted, though our endeavours are not successful. The sight of the angel might justly have encouraged them, but they were affrighted. Thus many times that which should be matter of comfort to us, through our own mistake, proves a terror to us. He was crucified, but he is glorified. He is risen, he is not here, not dead, but alive again; hereafter you will see him, but you may here see the place where he was laid. Thus seasonable comforts will be sent to those that lament after the Lord Jesus. Peter is particularly named, Tell Peter; it will be most welcome to him, for he is in sorrow for sin. A sight of Christ will be very welcome to a true penitent, and a true penitent is very welcome to a sight of Christ. The men ran with all the haste they could to the disciples; but disquieting fears often hinder us from doing that service to Christ and to the souls of men, which, if faith and the joy of faith were strong, we might do.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man—In Mt 28:2 he is called "the angel of the Lord"; but here he is described as he appeared to the eye, in the bloom of a life that knows no decay. In Matthew he is represented as sitting on the stone outside the sepulchre; but since even there he says, "Come, see the place where the Lord lay" (Mt 28:6), he seems, as Alford says, to have gone in with them from without; only awaiting their arrival to accompany them into the hallowed spot, and instruct them about it.

sitting on the right side—having respect to the position in which His Lord had lain there. This trait is peculiar to Mark; but compare Lu 1:11.

clothed in a long white garment—On its length, see Isa 6:1; and on its whiteness, see on [1525]Mt 28:3.

and they were affrighted.

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