Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Mark: Chapter 16].
16:11 {Disbelieved} (\•pist•san\). This verb is common in the
ancient Greek, but rare in the N.T. and here again verse 16 and
nowhere else in Mark. The usual N.T. word is \apeithe•\. Lu
24:11 uses this verb (\•pistoun\) of the disbelief of the report
of Mary Magdalene and the other women. The verb \etheath•\ (from
\thea•mai\) occurs only here and in verse 14 in Mark.
16:12 {After these things} (\meta tauta\). Only here in Mark.
Luke tells us that it was on the same day (Lu 24:13). {In
another form} (\en heter•i morph•i\). It was not a
\metamorph•sis\ or transfiguration like that described in 9:2.
Luke explains that their eyes were holden so that they could not
recognize Jesus (Lu 24:16). This matchless story appears in
full in Lu 24:13-32.
16:13 {Neither believed they them} (\oude ekeinois episteusan\).
The men fared no better than the women. But Luke's report of the
two on the way to Emmaus is to the effect that they met a hearty
welcome by them in Jerusalem (Lu 24:33-35). This shows the
independence of the two narratives on this point. There was
probably an element who still discredited all the resurrection
stories as was true on the mountain in Galilee later when "some
doubted" (Mt 28:17).
16:14 {To the eleven themselves} (\autois tois hendeka\). Both
terms, eleven and twelve (Joh 20:24), occur after the death of
Judas. There were others present on this first Sunday evening
according to Lu 24:33. {Afterward} (\husteron\) is here alone
in Mark, though common in Matthew. {Upbraided} (\•neidisen\).
They were guilty of unbelief (\apistian\) and hardness of heart
(\skl•rokardian\). Doubt is not necessarily a mark of
intellectual superiority. One must steer between credulity and
doubt. That problem is a vital one today in all educated circles.
Some of the highest men of science today are devout believers in
the Risen Christ. Luke explains how the disciples were upset by
the sudden appearance of Christ and were unable to believe the
evidence of their own senses (Lu 24:38-43).
16:15 {To the whole creation} (\p•s•i t•i ktisei\). This
commission in Mark is probably another report of the missionary
_Magna Charta_ in Mt 28:16-20 spoken on the mountain in
Galilee. One commission has already been given by Christ (Joh
20:21-23). The third appears in Lu 24:44-49; Ac 1:3-8.
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