Mark 16:4

Mark 16:4 Meaning and Explanation

And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

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When they arrive and look up, the women find the great stone already rolled away from the door of the tomb.

What Does Mark 16:4 Mean?

The worry of the road dissolves at a glance. Looking up, the women see that the stone — and Mark notes it was very great — has already been rolled aside. The thing they could not do has been done for them; Matthew tells of an angel who descended and rolled it back (Matthew 28:2).

The stone was not rolled away to let Jesus out; it was rolled away to let the witnesses in. The risen Lord needed no door opened. The women did, and so do we: the open tomb is God's invitation to come, look, and see for ourselves that death could not hold him (Acts 2:24). What was far too great for them was nothing at all for God.

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When they arrive and look up, the women find the great stone already rolled away from the door of the tomb.

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