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Mark 16:1-8

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bulletThe Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
bulletThe Gospel According to Peter
bullet "The Empty Tomb," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C. Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation.
bulletPatristic Commentary from the Catena Aurea.
bulletFrom the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
bullet "Christ's Resurrection," Martin Luther, c. 1525.
bullet "The Fruit & Power of Christ's Resurrection," Martin Luther, c. 1525.
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"Nicodemus brought a large quantity of spices, but these good women did not think that enough. The respect others show to Christ, should not hinder us from showing our respect."
bulletThe Nature of Christ's Resurrection, Samuel Willard, c. 1700.
bullet"The precise nature of Christ's resurrection consists of two things: there is something internal, the reunion of his soul and body, and external, his coming out of the grave after that reunion."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes.
bullet"Who shall roll us away the stone - This seems to have been the only difficulty they apprehended. So they knew nothing of Pilate's having sealed the stone, and placed a guard of soldiers there."
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"In Mt 28:2 he is called "the angel of the Lord"; but here he is described as he appeared to the eye, in the bloom of a life that knows no decay. In Matthew he is represented as sitting on the stone outside the sepulchre; but since even there he says, "Come, see the place where the Lord lay" (Mt 28:6), he seems, as ALFORD says, to have gone in with them from without; only awaiting their arrival to accompany them into the hallowed spot, and instruct them about it."
bulletFrom The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
bullet"Observe that as Christ's first appearance is to Mary Magdalene (John 20:18), out of whom he had cast seven devils, so his special message is to Peter, who had denied him. A touching commentary on our Savior's saying that he came to save sinners."
bulletContemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 16, Carl W. Conrad. (Click superscript numbers for commentary.)
bullet "Women Find Tomb Empty," "The Missing Ending of Mark," Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, "a complete verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity of people, places, events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark."
bullet "The Women at the Tomb," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
bulletMark 16 / Matthew 28: The Interactive Bible, David Landry, University of St. Thomas. After downloading the free Authorware plug-in, you can participate in an interactive study of the text, view art work representing the text, and take a quiz about interpreting the text.
bulletFor Windows
bulletFor Macintosh
bullet "An Amazing Event," Easter Sunday, Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
bullet"Have you ever seen or heard of an event so disconcerting, it "stopped you in your tracks?" So amazing, you just had to talk about it to others?"
bulletExegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks.
bullet"It can be easy to "see" the risen Christ in a packed Easter Sunday worship service, or perhaps even in a sunrise or the spring flowers blooming; but where is the risen Jesus when the people return home -- to the drudgery of the same old things? The risen Christ has gone there ahead of them. They will see him."
bullet Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
bullet"Perhaps some of us out in the daily margins of life are where the women are as they approach the tomb: who is going to help us roll the stone away? What is the stone in our case? What's locking not Jesus but us in?"
bullet "He Has Risen: He Is Not Here!" Jerry Goebel, One Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study and activities.
bullet"What happened that morning was not the result of a group of true believers (they came to properly bury Jesus—not to await his resurrection as Jesus prophesied), instead we have a small group of broken women whose love for their friend was even greater than their expectations of him."
bullet "He Is Not Here," Fred Craddock, The Christian Century, 2003.
bullet"...even Mark's brief Easter account is full of Good News."
bullet "He Is Risen!" Samuel Wells, The Christian Century, 2000.
bullet"EASTER MORNING is the defining place and moment of Christian space and time."
bullet "Ending without End," Patrick J. Willson, The Christian Century, 1994.
bullet"This is the way Easter dawns upon us: with promise and apprehension."
bullet "Who Will Roll the Stone Away?" Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
bullet"The Gospel of Mark from Beginning to End," James T. Dennison Jr. in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
bullet"Mark begins and ends his gospel with schism-a division, a parting, a rending-the schism of the heavens (chapter 1: 10); the schism of the veil in the temple (chapter 15:38)."
bullet "Beginning Again," Tim Geddert, Direction, 2004.
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet "Mark 16," "Empty Tomb," wikipedia.
bullet "Intertextuality, the Hermeneutics of 'Other,' and Mark 16:6-7: a New but Not New Challenge for Biblical Interpreters," Michael Trainor, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2005.
bullet"A hearing of the Markan text from the perspective of the hermeneutics of 'other' reveals startling insights into the gospel's meaning of the resurrection and its implications for a world that suspects the other."
bullet "Reading between the Lines: The Women at the tomb in Mark and Michelangelo's Pieta," Dana Worsnop, Gravitas, 2000.
bullet"The sculpture of the Pieta allows us to grieve the death of the human being Jesus. It gives us a more final kind of satisfaction of touching and holding the body."
bullet"Burying the Dead in Simple White Shrouds," by Anita Diamont, at Jewish Heritage Online Magazine's Topic of the Month: Colors.
bullet"The traditional clothing for burying the dead are tahrihim, simple white shrouds. Their use dates back to Rabbi Simeon ben Gamliel II, who, in the second century CE, asked to be buried in inexpensive linen garments."
bullet "Dramatic Inclusion: Irony and the Narrative Rhetoric of the Ending of Mark," J. David Hester, JSNT 1995.
bullet"Women Transformed: The Ending of Mark is the Beginning of Wisdom," by Marie Sabin in CrossCurrents, Summer 1998.
bullet"Mark's assertion that "they said nothing to anyone" must be taken as the final Markan irony. The statement echoes Jesus' first charge to the cured leper "not to say anything to anyone" (1:44); as one hears the echo, one must also remember that the leper immediately "went out and began to talk freely" (1:45). The leper became a preacher; so here, the very fact of Mark's Gospel is testimony to the eloquence of the women."
bulletA number of examples of socio-rhetorical interpretations of Mark 15 - 16, from "Examples of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation in Mark," at Dr. Vernon K. Robbins' Encyclopedia of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation.
bullet(From "Patron/Client Contract") "...Jesus accepts the will of God, the patron benefactor of all, including Jesus. In return for his willingness to die a humiliating death on the cross, God transforms Jesus' corpse into a body that can rise up from death and be absent from the tomb."
bullet "Mark and Mystery," Linda Maloney, Currents in Theology and Mission, 2003.
bullet"What do you say when the end of the world is announced? What would you say?"
bullet "The Changing Role of Women in the Early Christian World," Howard Clark Kee, University of Pennsylvania. Theology Today, 1992.
bullet"If the church in our time were to take with full seriousness the radical openness toward women and their participation in the life of God's people that characterized the movement at the outset, it could result in a significant contribution toward renewal of both the church and the human race."
bullet "Blurring the Boundaries: A Response to Howard C. Kee," Virginia Burrus, The Theological School at Drew University. Theology Today, 1992.
bullet"...a blurring of religious or cultural boundaries in our historical reconstructions may cut against the smugness that frequently creeps into Christian discussions of Judaism and other religious traditions. The roots of a distinctive Christian feminism would appear to be entangled in Jewish and pagan traditions, rather than emerging in pure and radical opposition to those traditions. Second, a blurring of chronological boundaries in our historical reconstructions may cut against the tendency to locate orthodox or authentic Christianity almost purely in a statically defined "golden age" of the distant past. After all, how liberating is it for Christian women to be invited to focus exclusively on "the insights of Jesus and Paul"?"
bullet "The Red-Haired Saint: Is Mary Magdalene the Key to the Easter Narratives?" James T. Baker. Religion Online.
bullet Articles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletAdams, Joanna M., "Good News Indeed," Journal for Preachers, 2004.
bulletCrocker, Cornelia Cyss, "Emotions as Loopholes for Answerability in the Unfinalized Gospel According to Mark," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2005.
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bulletEnniss, P.C., "Too Preposterous to Believe," Journal for Preachers, 2003.
bulletIverson, Kelly R., "A Further Word on final GAR (Mark 16:8)," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2006.
bullet Kelly, Geffrey B., "Finding Sustenance in the Midst of Disappointment," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
bullet Lamborn, Amy Bentley, "I Know that My Redeemer Lives," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
bullet Long, Thomas G., "Preaching Easter from the Gospel of Mark," Journal for Preachers, 2003.
bullet Lyle, Kenneth R., Jr., "Preaching the Resurrection to Experience the Risen Christ," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
bullet Mitchell, Ella Pearson, "Humble Before the Power of God," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
bullet Pickett, Raymond, "Following Jesus in Galilee: Resurrection as Empowerment in the Gospel of Mark," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2006.
bullet Pierce, Brian J., O.P., "Romero, Resistance, and Resurrection," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
bulletPolan, Gregory J., "Preaching at the Easter Vigil: The Paschal Mystery in the Old Testament Texts,"  Liturgical Ministry, 2004. (Section on this text begins on page 158.)
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bullet Sappenfield, William J., "Love Strong Enough to Defeat Death," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
bullet Smith, J. Alfred, Sr., "Understandings of the Resurrection," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
bullet Smith, Daniel A., "Revisiting the Empty Tomb: the Post-Mortem Vindication of Jesus in Mark and Q," Novum Testamentum, 2003.
bullet Syreeni, Kari, "In Memory of Jesus; Grief Work in the Gospels," Biblical Interpretation, 2004.
bullet Taylor, Barbara Brown, "Easter Sunday 2006," Journal for Preachers, 2008. Sermon.
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bulletReviews:
bulletFullmer, Paul M., Resurrection in Mark's Literary-Historical Perspective, T&T Clark, 2007. Reviews by Pheme Perkins and John Dart, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
bulletUpton, Bridget Gilfillan, Hearing Mark's Endings: Listening to Ancient Popular Texts through Speech Act Theory. Brill, 2006. Review by W.R. Telford, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
bulletWaterman, Mark W., The Empty Tomb Tradition of Mark: Text, History, and Theological Studies. Agathos, 2006. Review by Michael R. Licona, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
bulletSermons:
bullet "When Is an Ending Not the End?" Dr. Cynthia Campbell, President of McCormick Theological Seminary. 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2001.
bullet "Ongoing Easter," Dr. F. Dean Lueking, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1994.
bulletWith Children:
bullet "The Resurrection," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
bullet "Footprints," Talks to Children, Rev. Donald McCorkindale, Dalgety Parish Church, Fife, Scotland.
bullet "The Easter Story," Linda Edwards, The Children's Chapel.
bullet "Mary Magdalene Speaks to the Risen Christ," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
bullet "He Is Risen," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
bullet "Jesus Is Risen," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
bullet Mark 15 & 16 Word Search, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
bullet "The Empty Tomb," online computer java-based coloring pages from Grace Baptist Church of Feeding Hill.
bulletDrama:
bullet "The First Day of the Week," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
bulletGraphics & Bulletin Materials:
bulletHoly Week (+ Easter) Clip Art (Free), United Methodist Church General Board of Global Ministries.
bullet Clip Art, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
bullet The Stone Is Rolled Away / He Has Risen, Henry Martin, sermons4kids.com.
bullet "Empty!" After Eden Cartoons, Dan Lietha, Answers in Genesis.
bulletHymns and Music:
bullet "To the Tomb on Easter Day," David Ourisman, original hymn based on the Markan Easter narrative. Available for free download and use. Copyright notice must be kept intact.
bullet Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Mark 16:4, 6. The Cyber Hymnal.
bullet Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
bulletFine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
bullet Resurrection
bulletMovies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
bullet Resurrection
bulletThe above links are for the study of specifically Mark's resurrection account. See also Study Links and Resources for the general Accounts of Jesus' Resurrection
bulletStudy Links and Resources for the Book of Mark