Mark 16:10 — Community Reflections

MARK 16:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.”

She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping — the disciples in mourning is the post-crucifixion state: they have lost their teacher and their hope. The mourning communicates the genuine grief of those who did not expect the resurrection despite the predictions.

Church Fathers on Mark 16:10

Now we must consider how the Lord appeared after the Resurrection. For Mark says, 'Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven devils.'
Augustine · 4th century · de Con. Evan., iii, 25

John tells us most fully how and when this appearance took place. But the Lord rose in the morning from the sepulchre in which He had been laid in the evening, that those words of the Psalm might be fulfilled, 'Heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.' [Ps 29:6]
Bede · 8th century

But Mary had seven devils, because she was filled with all vices. Or else, by seven devils are meant seven spirits contrary to the seven virtues, as a spirit without fear, without wisdom, without understanding, and whatsoever else is opposed to the gifts of the Holy Ghost.
Theophylact · 11th century

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