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MARK 16:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Mark 16:6Mark 16:8
“But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.”
But go, tell his disciples and Peter: he is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you — the commission to tell the disciples and Peter is the women's specific mission. And Peter is a specific inclusion — the disciple who denied three times is personally named as a recipient of the message. He is not excluded from the post-resurrection community; he is specifically included. He is going ahead of you into Galilee fulfills the promise of 14:28. Just as he told you: the resurrection fulfills the prediction, confirming the rest of what Jesus predicted.

Church Fathers on Mark 16:7

After the sadness of the sabbath, a happy day dawns upon them, which holds the chief place amongst days, for in it the chief light shines forth, and the Lord rises in triumph.

Pseudo-Jerome · 5th century

For these religious women after the burial of the Lord, as long as it was lawful to work, that is, up to sunset, prepared ointment, as Luke says. And because they could not finish their work from the shortness of the time, when the sabbath was over, that is, at sunset, as soon as the time for working came round again, they hastened to buy spices, as Mark says, that they might go in the morning to anoint the body of Jesus. Neither could they come to the sepulchre on the…

Gloss (Glossa Ordinaria) · medieval compilation

For they do not understand the greatness and dignity of the wisdom of Christ. But they came according to the custom of the Jews to anoint the body of Christ, that it might remain sweet-smelling, and might not burst forth into moisture, for spices have the property of drying up, and absorb the moisture of the body, so that they keep the body from corruption.

Theophylact · 11th century
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