Mark 16:3

While they were walking along the road, they said to each other, “Who will roll that big stone away so that we can get into the cave?”

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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

2Early on Sunday morning, when the sun was just starting to come up, the women went to the cave.

4But when the women got there, they looked up and saw that the really big stone was already rolled away from the door.

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Cross References

Mark 15:46Joseph took Jesus' body down from the cross and wrapped it in a sheet. He put Jesus' body in a cave that somebody had cut inside a stoney hill. Then he rolled a very big stone in front of the cave to block the door.

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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