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MARK 16:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.”
When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it — the disciples' disbelief at Mary's testimony is consistent with Luke 24:11 (the women's words seemed like nonsense to them). The disbelief at the resurrection announcement is the consistent response of those who encounter it first.

Church Fathers on Mark 16:11

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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