Mar 16:1-8 | TNotes | STEP | 16:1 At the end of the Sabbath at sunset, the shops reopened and the women were able to buy burial spices to anoint Jesus’ body (16:1 ). Their purpose was not to embalm the body, but to alleviate the stench that a decaying body would create. • The women were clearly not anticipating Jesus’ resurrection. Even the empty tomb would fail to convince them that Jesus had been raised from the dead (John 20:2 , 11-15 ).

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‏ Mark 16:1-8

16:1 ^a At the end of the Sabbath at sunset, the shops reopened and the women were able to buy burial spices to anoint Jesus’ body (16:1 ^b). Their purpose was not to embalm the body, but to alleviate the stench that a decaying body would create.

• The women were clearly not anticipating Jesus’ resurrection. Even the empty tomb would fail to convince them that Jesus had been raised from the dead (John 20:2 ^c, 11-15 ^d).
Summary for Mark 16:3-4: 16:3-4 ^e The women wondered how the large stone sealing the tomb could be removed. God had already rolled the stone away to let the women and disciples in.
16:7 ^f The angel’s message for the disciples repeated Jesus’ prediction and promise (14:28 ^g). The disciples’ desertion and denial would be forgiven and their apostolic commission restored.
16:8 ^h The account ends with the women fleeing the tomb in bewilderment.

• said nothing to anyone: This can be understood positively (they were not distracted from their commission to tell the disciples, 16:7 ⁱ; cp. Luke 10:4 ^j; 2 Kgs 4:29 ^k) or negatively (they failed to deliver the message). Cp. Luke 24:5-11 ^l; John 20:1-2 ^m, 18 ⁿ.