KJV King James Version
And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
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Mark 16:6
And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.
WEB World English Bible
He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!
ASV American Standard Version
And he saith unto them, Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who hath been crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold, the place where they laid him!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he saith to them, ‘Be not amazed, ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified: he did rise—he is not here; lo, the place where they laid him!
Surrounding context — Mark 16
3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
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.
8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any [man]; for they were afraid.
9 Now when [Jesus] was risen early the first [day] of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenλέγειG3004 · legōto sayαὐταῖς·G846 · autosit/s/heμὴG3361 · mēnotἐκθαμβεῖσθε.G1568 · ekthambeōbe awe-struckἸησοῦνG2424 · IēsousJesusζητεῖτεG2212 · zēteōto seekτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoΝαζαρηνὸνG3479 · NazarēnosNazarethτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐσταυρωμένον·G4717 · stauroōto crucifyἠγέρθη,G1453 · egeirōto ariseοὐκG3756 · ounoἔστινG1510 · eimito beὧδε·G5602 · hōdehereἴδεG2396 · idelook!ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoτόποςG5117 · toposplaceὅπουG3699 · hopouwhere(-ever)ἔθηκανG5087 · tithēmito placeαὐτόν.G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Revelation 1:17-18And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:1 Corinthians 15:3-7For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;Luke 24:46And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:John 2:19-22Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.Matthew 28:4-7And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead [men].Proverbs 8:17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.Acts 2:22-23Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:Acts 4:10Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole.Mark 10:34And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.John 19:19-20And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.Luke 24:4-8And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:Mark 9:9-10And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.Mark 1:24Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.Matthew 14:26-27And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.Matthew 12:40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.Psalm 71:20[Thou], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.Acts 10:38-40How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.Luke 24:20-27And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
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