Mark 16:3

On the way they were saying to one another, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb for us?”

Text-Critical English NT

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

2Very early in the morning of the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.

4But when they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled away.

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Cross References

Mark 15:46After buying a linen cloth and taking him down, Joseph wrapped him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn in a rock. Then he rolled a stone against 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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