- 1And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
- 2And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
- 3And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
- 4And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
- 5And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
- 6And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
- 7But 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.
- 8And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.
- 9 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.
- 10And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
- 11And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
- 12 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.
- 13And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.
- 14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
- 15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
- 16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
- 17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
- 18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
- 19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
- 20And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
KING JAMES VERSION
MARK 16
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Mark 16 — The women find the tomb open, hear that Jesus is risen, and the good news is carried outward to be preached everywhere.
About this illustration
The dawn discovery of the empty tomb anchors the scene; the messenger is shown as the white-robed young man Mark describes. Later appearances, the commission, ascension, and accompanying signs are not crowded into the garden, and no speculative snakes appear.
Scripture basis: Mark 16:1–20King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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Archaeological Evidence
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Mid-fourth century AD
Codex Sinaiticus
This mid-fourth-century parchment Bible preserves the earliest complete New Testament, much of the Greek Old Testament, Barnabas and Hermas, while its multiple scribes and centuries of corrections expose canon and textual transmission as material history.
Matthew 1:1–25 · Mark 16:1–8 · Revelation 22:1–21
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Fourth–fifth century AD
Codex Washingtonianus (Freer Gospels)
This late fourth- or early fifth-century parchment codex preserves the four Gospels in the order Matthew, John, Luke, Mark and includes the singular Greek ‘Freer Logion’ after Mark 16:14.
Mark 16:9–20
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Garima 2: AD 390–570; Garima 1: AD 550–660
The Abba Garima Gospels
The Abba Garima manuscripts preserve complete Ge'ez Gospels and late-antique illumination at their Ethiopian monastery, but radiocarbon samples, displaced leaves, modern naming systems, and possible differences between painted and textual components demand careful distinction.
Matthew 28:16–20 · Mark 16:14–20
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Fourth century AD
Codex Vercellensis (VL 3): An Early Old Latin Gospel Book
Codex Vercellensis is a late-fourth-century Latin Gospel book from Vercelli whose pre-Vulgate wording, unusual Gospel order, damaged leaves, and layered corrections preserve a formative stage of western Christian Scripture.
John 1:1–18 · Mark 16:1–20
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
About AD 380–420
Codex Bobiensis (VL 1): Mark's Shorter Ending in Old Latin
Codex Bobiensis is a fragmentary fourth-century African Old Latin Gospel manuscript whose surviving Mark ends at 16:8 and adds the rare Shorter Ending, preserving an important but limited witness to early Gospel transmission.
Mark 16:1–20 · Matthew 1:1–17
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Fourth or fifth century AD; overwritten in AD 697
Sinaitic Syriac Palimpsest: Old Syriac Gospels
Sinai Syriac 30 preserves a fourth- or fifth-century Old Syriac Gospel text beneath a later saints' book, recovered through patient decipherment and modern spectral imaging at Saint Catherine's Monastery.
Matthew 1:16–25 · Mark 16:1–20
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- Curetonian Gospels (Add MS 14451): Old Syriac Transmission
- Adishi Gospels: A Dated Old Georgian Gospel Witness
- Codex Cyprius (GA 017)
- Codex Koridethi: The Georgian-Held Greek Gospels
- Codex Nanianus (GA 030)
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