Chapter 16

Read Mark 16:1-20; Jesus has Risen

The next morning, some of the women went to the tomb to anoint Jesus’ body. But when they got there they saw the stone was rolled away. Verses 5-8 tell what they saw…

⁵ As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

⁶ “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. ⁷ 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.’”

⁸ Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb.

Jesus first appeared to Mary Magdalene, then two disciples going to Emmaus, then to the eleven in verses 9-14…

⁹ When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. ¹⁰ She went and told those who had been with Him and who were mourning and weeping. ¹¹ When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen Him, they did not believe it.

¹² Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country. ¹³ These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.

¹⁴ Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; He rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

After that Jesus gave the disciples their commission to reach the world in verses 15-20…

¹⁵ He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. ¹⁶ Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My Name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; ¹⁸ they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

¹⁹ After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and He sat at the right hand of God. ²⁰ Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed His word by the signs that accompanied it.

That is the end of Mark’s Gospel, but not the end of the Great Commission. Now the work of spreading the Gospel, the Good News, is ours to tell those He puts on our path.