John Gill's Exposition on Mark 16:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they went out quickly, etc..] Out of the sepulchre, into which they had been, to see where Christ lay, as invited by the angel, (<411606>Mark 16:6). The word “quickly”, is not read in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions: “which when they heard”; that is, when they heard the angel's and instructions, immediately they went out: and fled from the sepulchre; as surprised and affrighted: for they trembled and were amazed; at what they saw and heard, and yet this dread and fear were mixed with joy at the news of Christ's resurrection, as Matthew relates, (<402808>Matthew 28:8). Neither said they any thing to any man; they met with by the way, till they came to the disciples; to whom they told all, otherwise they would not have acted according to the angel's orders for they were afraid; not only affrighted with what they had seen and heard, but the were afraid to tell any but the disciples of these things, for fear of the Jews; lest they should be thought to have stolen the body of Christ, and so be taken up on that account, and punished.

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