Mar 16:8 | TNotes | STEP | 16:8 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 ; cp. Luke 10:4 ; 2 Kgs 4:29 ) or negatively (they failed to deliver the message). Cp. Luke 24:5-11 ; John 20:1-2 , 18 .

cLuke 10:4►

d2 Kgs 4:29►

eLuke 24:5-11►

fJohn 20:1-2►

‏ Mark 16:8

16:8 ^a 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 ^b; cp. Luke 10:4 ^c; 2 Kgs 4:29 ^d) or negatively (they failed to deliver the message). Cp. Luke 24:5-11 ^e; John 20:1-2 ^f, 18 ^g.