Mark 16:10-11 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.… Mark is graphic: he paints an interior like a Dutch artist. We see a choice company — "Them that had been with Him." We know many of the individuals, and are interested to note what they are doing, and how they bear their bereavement. We see — I. A SORROWING ASSEMBLY. "As they mourned and wept." What a scene I We behold a common mourning, abundantly expressed by tears and lamentations. They mourned — 1. Because they had believed in Jesus, and loved Him; and therefore they were concerned at what had happened. 2. Because they felt their great loss in losing Him. 3. Because they had seen His sufferings and death. 4. Because they remembered their ill-conduct towards Him. 5. Because their hopes concerning Him were disappointed. 6. Because they were utterly bewildered as to what was now to be done, seeing their Leader was gone. II. A CONSOLING MESSENGER. 1. Mary Magdalene was one of themselves. 2. She came with the best of news. The resurrection of Christ (a) removes the cause of sorrow; (b) assures of the help of a living Redeemer;" (c) secures personal resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:23); (d) brings personal justification (Romans 4:25). 3. She was not believed. (a) Unbelief is apt to become chronic: they had not believed the Lord when He foretold His own resurrection, and so they do not believe an eyewitness who reported it. (b) Unbelief is cruelly unjust: they made Mary Magdalene a liar, and yet all of them esteemed her. III. A REASSURING REFLECTION. 1. We are not the only persons who have mourned an absent Lord. 2. We are not the only messengers who have been rejected. 3. We are sure beyond all doubt of the resurrection of Christ. (a) The evidence is more abundant than that which testifies to any other great historical event. (b) The apostles so believed it as to die as witnesses of it. (c) They were very slow to be convinced, and therefore that which forced them to believe should have the same effect on us. 4. Great reason, then, for us to rejoice. (C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.WEB: She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. |
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