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Mark 16:3
They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The women who arrived at the tomb just after sunrise on the first day of the week ask one another who will roll away the stone from its entrance. The words — ἀποκυλίσει (apokulisei) translates literally as "will roll away," denoting the future action the women anticipate regarding the tomb's entrance. The thread — The stone blocking the tomb entrance appears in Mark 15:46 and Matthew 27:60, where Joseph places Jesus’ body in a rock-cut tomb and rolls a great stone across its doorway. Why it lands — The text records the women’s practical concern about moving a massive stone, which confronts the reader with the reality of human inability before divine intervention.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.