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Mark 16:3
Mark 16:3 is verse 3 of Mark chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”
King James Version
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
World English Bible
They were saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?”
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Mark 16:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible
1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb.
3 They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”
4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.
5 When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Mark 15:46So 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.
Mark 15:47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.
Matthew 27:60and 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.
Matthew 27:61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
Matthew 27:62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
Matthew 27:63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
Matthew 27:64So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
Matthew 27:65“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”
Matthew 27:66So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.