Mark 16:1-8
Rev. Bill Te Winkle, Senior Pastor
Hope Reformed Church, Sheboygan WI
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- From the Geneva Notes.
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Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "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."
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of Christ's Resurrection, Samuel Willard, c. 1700.
- "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."
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Wesley's Notes.
- "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."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "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."
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "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."
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- "It's not a great ending, so I can understand the urge to fix it."
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- "This story leaves us wondering and longing for more."
- "On Empty Baskets and Empty Tombs," Alyce M. McKenzie, Patheos, 2012.
- "Let's not be too tough on the women's initial response to Easter Sunday. When you are on a death hunt and you find life, amazement is a natural response."
- Pericope Study, Easter, Richard Burgess, Greater Hartford Conference, New England Synod, ELCA, 2012.
- "A Story for Uncertain Times," Sharron R Blezard, Stewardship of Life, 2012.
- "We may find ourselves filled with amazement, terror, doubt, or disbelief and quite unable to share this good news."
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- "Is Easter the end of anointing? Is it the beginning of fear?"
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
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- "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?"
- Exegetical
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- "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."
- "Who Will Roll the Stone Away?" Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
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Join the Feast,
Mark 16:1-8, John Carroll, Union PSCE,
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- "The God of Mark?s ending works in our world in ways that defy expectation and elude our every attempt at control."
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Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western
Australia.
- "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?"
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and activities.
- "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."
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"Dangling Gospel," Thomas G. Long, The Christian Century,
2006.
- "What do we see when we read the Gospel of Mark again, this time with postresurrection eyes?"
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Gospel of Mark from Beginning to End,"
James T. Dennison Jr. in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical
Theology (Reformed)
- "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)."
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Tim Geddert, Direction, 2004.
- "Of all the footnotes to be found in modern translations of the Bible, surely none are more puzzling (perhaps disturbing) than those that comment on the ending of Mark."
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- "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."
- "Burying
the Dead in Simple White Shrouds," by Anita Diamont, at Jewish Heritage Online
Magazine's Topic of the Month: Colors.
- "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."
- "Women
Transformed: The Ending of Mark is the Beginning of Wisdom," by Marie Sabin in
CrossCurrents, Summer 1998.
- "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."
- A 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.
- (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."
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the Boundaries: A Response to Howard C. Kee,"
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- "Deadly Things," the Rev. Dr. Scott Black Johnston, Day 1, 2009.
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With Children:
- "The Resurrection," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "The Easter Story," Linda Edwards, The Children's Chapel.
- "Mary Magdalene Speaks to the Risen Christ," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- "He Is Risen," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- "Jesus Is Risen," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- Mark 15 & 16 Word Search, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
- "The Empty Tomb," online computer java-based coloring pages from Grace Baptist Church of Feeding Hill.
- "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.
- Holy Week (+ Easter) Clip Art (Free), United Methodist Church General Board of Global Ministries.
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- Clip Art, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
- The Stone Is Rolled Away / He Has Risen, Henry Martin, sermons4kids.com.
- "Empty!" After Eden Cartoons, Dan Lietha, Answers in Genesis.
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Mark 16:4, 6. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
