Mark 16:3
New International Version
and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”

New Living Translation
On the way they were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”

English Standard Version
And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”

Berean Standard Bible
They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”

Berean Literal Bible
And they were saying among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?"

King James Bible
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

New King James Version
And they said among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?”

New American Standard Bible
They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb for us?”

NASB 1995
They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”

NASB 1977
And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”

Legacy Standard Bible
And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”

Amplified Bible
And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”

Christian Standard Bible
They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?”

American Standard Version
And they were saying among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the tomb?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they were saying among themselves, “But who will roll the stone away for us from the tomb?”

Contemporary English Version
On their way, they were asking one another, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance for us?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

English Revised Version
And they were saying among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the tomb?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They said to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

International Standard Version
They kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

Literal Standard Version
and they said among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone out of the door of the tomb for us?”

Majority Standard Bible
They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”

New American Bible
They were saying to one another, “Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”

NET Bible
They had been asking each other, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

New Revised Standard Version
They had been saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”

New Heart English Bible
They were saying among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?"

Webster's Bible Translation
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll away for us the stone from the door of the sepulcher?

Weymouth New Testament
and they were saying to one another, 'Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

World English Bible
They were saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?”

Young's Literal Translation
and they said among themselves, 'Who shall roll away for us the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?'

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Context
The Resurrection
2Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb. 3 They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?” 4But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.…

Cross References
Matthew 27:60
and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

Mark 15:46
So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

Mark 16:2
Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb.

Mark 16:4
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.

John 20:1
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.


Treasury of Scripture

And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulcher?

Who.

Mark 15:46,47
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre…

Matthew 27:60-66
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed…

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Mark 16
1. An Angel declares the resurrection of Jesus to three women.
9. Jesus himself appears to Mary Magdalene;
12. to two going into the country;
14. then to the apostles;
15. whom he sends forth to preach the gospel;
19. and ascends into heaven.














(3) And they said among themselves . . .--Literally, and they were saying to themselves. The words were on the point of rising to their lips as they looked up and saw the stone rolled away.

Verse 3. - And they were saying (ἔλεγον) among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the tomb? The usual form of tombs in Palestine was the following: - There was generally an approach to the tomb open to the sky; then a low entrance on the side of the rock, leading into a square chamber, on one side of which was a recess for the body, about three feet deep, with a low arch over it. The stone here referred to by the women would be the stone which covered the actual entrance into the vault. It would probably be not less than six feet in breadth and three in height. This great stone had been rolled By Joseph to the mouth of the tomb; and then he had departed. Now, as the women approached, "they were saying (ἔλεγον,) among themselves, Who shall roll us away (ἀποκυλίσει) the stone?" They had seen the arrangements, and had observed the size of the atone on the Friday evening. (Mark 15:47).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
They were asking
ἔλεγον (elegon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

one another,
ἑαυτάς (heautas)
Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1438: Himself, herself, itself.

“Who
Τίς (Tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

will roll away
ἀποκυλίσει (apokylisei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 617: To roll away. From apo and kulioo; to roll away.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

stone
λίθον (lithon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3037: A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

entrance
θύρας (thyras)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 2374: (a) a door, (b) met: an opportunity. Apparently a primary word; a portal or entrance.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

tomb?”
μνημείου (mnēmeiou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3419: A tomb, sepulcher, monument. From mneme; a remembrance, i.e. Cenotaph.


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