So they went out [a]quickly and fled from the tomb, for they trembled and were amazed. (A)And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

Mary Magdalene Sees the Risen Lord(B)

[b]Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, (C)out of whom He had cast seven demons. 10 (D)She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 16:8 NU, M omit quickly
  2. Mark 16:9 Vv. 9–20 are bracketed in NU as not in the original text. They are lacking in Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus, although nearly all other mss. of Mark contain them.

Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.[a]


[The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have verses 9–20.]

When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,(A) out of whom he had driven seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 16:8 Some manuscripts have the following ending between verses 8 and 9, and one manuscript has it after verse 8 (omitting verses 9-20): Then they quickly reported all these instructions to those around Peter. After this, Jesus himself also sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.