“And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.”
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away — the had been rolled away (perfect passive: it has been rolled away and remains rolled away) communicates the action's completeness before their arrival. The passive communicates divine agency — Mark does not describe the rolling away but presents its accomplished result. The women's looking up and seeing produces the first experience of the resurrection's aftermath.
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