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The sun rising over a quiet garden hillside cut with rock tombs, mist lying between olive trees.

The Gospel According to

Mark 16

Spices for a dead man, a stone already moved, and news almost too big to say out loud.

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The Resurrection

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Inside a rock tomb, a young man in a shining white robe sits on the right side of the burial chamber, seen from behind.

When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

A young man in a white robe

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.

A young man in a white robe

But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’”

tell His disciples and Peter

Mark 16:7

The sun rising over a quiet garden hillside cut with rock tombs, mist lying between olive trees.

So the women left the tomb and ran away, trembling and bewildered. And in their fear they did not say a word to anyone.

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Question

Quick question

The young man in the white robe gave the women a message to carry back to the disciples.

Which disciple did the message name?

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

GalileeSea of GalileeJerusalemCapernaum

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Where it happened

Ahead of you into Galilee

“He is going ahead of you into Galilee.” From the tomb outside Jerusalem, the risen Jesus calls His scattered followers back north, to the lake and the hills where He first said, ‘Follow Me.’

Early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons.

Ancient roads branching out from a hill city at dawn toward distant hills and the sea.

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

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And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”

Pray

Send me

Jesus said, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” Pray for one place, near or far, where people have not yet heard. Then pray for the people you will see this week.

The Ascension

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.

the Lord worked through them

Mark 16:20

The whole story

Ministry inGalileeMark 1–8‘Who do you sayI am?’Mark 8Road toJerusalemMark 8–10The last weekMark 11–15The empty tombMark 16: “He hasrisen!”Into all theworldstill going

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Mark tells it fast. Jesus heals and teaches across Galilee, Peter confesses Him as the Christ, and then the road turns toward Jerusalem and a cross. The Son of Man came to serve and to give His life. The tomb is empty, and the good news goes out everywhere.

Reflect

What will you do with it?

Mark ends with the women running from the tomb and with the disciples sent out to preach. You have now read all of Mark. What has Jesus shown you about Himself, and who could you tell?

You’ve experienced

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A verse to carry with you

He has risen! He is not here!

Mark 16:6

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