Mark 16:7 Explained in Context

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Verse 7. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

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Quick Meaning

This verse develops the unit at Mark 16:7 in “The Empty Tomb Promise Sends the Women toward Galilee”: “But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he…”.

Read It With

Mark 16:1-8

Read Mark 16:7 with 16:1-8. This verse develops the unit at Mark 16:7 in “The Empty Tomb Promise Sends the Women toward Galilee”: “But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he…”. The complete unit's controlling movement is: After Sabbath, three women bring spices, find the stone moved, hear from a young man that the crucified Jesus is risen and going ahead to Galilee, and flee in trembling and astonishment, saying nothing because they fear.

Why This Verse Appears Here

What Remains True

The empty tomb announcement identifies the crucified Jesus as risen and redirects disciples toward Galilee, while the earliest recoverable ending leaves readers with trembling fear and unfinished response. At Mark 16:7, develops the unit at Mark 16:7 in “The Empty Tomb Promise Sends the Women toward Galilee”: “But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he…”.

How It Can Shape Life

At Mark 16:7, receive resurrection hope without blaming the women, importing every later detail into Mark, or hiding the ending's real textual and literary questions. This verse contributes to that response because it develops the unit at Mark 16:7 in “The Empty Tomb Promise Sends the Women toward Galilee”: “But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he…”.

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Read Mark 16:1-8 — The Empty Tomb Promise Sends the Women toward Galilee

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

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Exact location: Mark 16:1-8, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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Greek textual evidence

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition

Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos

Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010

Supports: Greek wording, sentence relations, and material variants checked independently of the KJV.

Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Mark.txt, 16:1-8

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Translation and textual notes

NET Bible — Mark with translators' and textual notes

Biblical Studies Press

Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition

Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, older-English clarification, variants, background, and alternatives.

Exact location: NET Bible Mark PDF, printed pp. 1868–1901, 16:1-8 and attached translator/textual notes

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