Mark 16:3

And they said to one another, “Who will roll back the stone for us, away from the entrance of the tomb?”

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In The King James Version

And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

In Context

2And very early in the morning, on the first of the Sabbaths, they went to the tomb, the sun having now risen.

4And looking, they saw that the stone was rolled back. For certainly it was very large.

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Cross References

Mark 15:46Then Joseph, having bought a fine linen cloth, and taking him down, wrapped him in the fine linen and laid him in a sepulcher, which was hewn from a rock. And he rolled a stone to the entrance of the tomb.

Matthew Henry on Mark 16:2-9

The Women at the Sepulchre; The Apostles Reproved. 1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 5 And entering… Read the whole commentary →

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