Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. So Mark's Gospel ends. No appearance, no commission, no reassurance. Just fear and silence.
Or at least, that's what many early manuscripts show. Some copies added resurrection appearances later, probably because the ending felt too abrupt, too incomplete. But I wonder if Mark's original ending is actually profound. The women encounter the risen Jesus and their response is not joy but terror. They flee. They're silent. The good news breaks in but creates initial chaos, not immediate clarity. I think that's true to human experience. Resurrection isn't neat. It's disorienting. It demands that you reorganize everything. The women had to go through that trembling, that wordlessness, before they could testify. Maybe some spiritual experiences don't have immediate eloquent explanation. Maybe you just tremble and go silent and let reality reorganize itself.
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