Mark 16:4

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

American King James Version (AKJV)

And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

American Standard Version (ASV)

and looking up, they see that the stone is rolled back: for it was exceeding great.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; and it was of great size.

Webster's Revision

(And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away) for it was very great.

World English Bible

for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.

English Revised Version (ERV)

and looking up, they see that the stone is rolled back: for it was exceeding great.

Clarke's Mark 16:4 Bible Commentary

For it was very great - This clause should be read immediately after the third verse, according to D, three copies of the Itala, Syriac, Hier., and Eusebius. "Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? for it was very great. And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away." They knew that the stone was too heavy for them to roll away; and, unless they got access to the body, they could not apply the aromatics which they had brought to finish the embalming.

Barnes's Mark 16:4 Bible Commentary

It was very great - These words belong to the third verse: "Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?" for, the evangelist adds, it was very great.