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Mark 16:14

King James Version (KJV)

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Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

Mark 16:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Mark 16:14

Theological / Devotional

Afterward. [Second Appearance in the Upper Room, Mark 16:14=John 20:24–29. Major comment: John.] For the chronological sequence of the postresurrection appearances see Additional Note on Matt. 28.

The eleven. A technically correct term for the group of Jesus’ special followers as a whole, since the apostasy and suicide of Judas left but eleven of the original twelve disciples. However, elsewhere they are still called by the familiar term, “the twelve” (see John 20:24).

As they sat at meat. Several of the disciples appear to have made the upper chamber in which they had partaken together of the Last Supper, their temporary home.

Upbraided them. Unbelief, persisted in when the evidence provided is sufficient, is worthy only of condemnation.

Hardness of heart. See on Ex. 4:21.

One ancient manuscript, the Codex Freerianus (see p. 119), also known as the Washingtonensis, adds to v. 14 what is sometimes called the “Freer Logion.” This insertion bears unmistakable marks of being a later interpolation, and is of interest only as a textual curiosity.

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