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Mark 16:5

Mark 16:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

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a young: This appears to have been a different angel from that mentioned by Matthew. The latter sat in the porch of the tomb, and had assumed a terrible appearance to overawe the guard. (); but this appeared as a young man, within the sepulchre, in the inner apartment. The two angels spoken of by John () appeared some time after these; but whether they were the same or different cannot be ascertained; nor whether the angels which manifested themselves to the second party of women, recorded by Luke (), were the same or different. ; ; ;

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