Mark 16:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ λέγει αὐταῖς, Μὴ ἐκθαμβεῖσθε: Ἰησοῦν ζητεῖτε τὸν Ναζαρηνὸν, τὸν ἐσταυρωμένον: ἠγέρθη· οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε: ἴδε ὁ τόπος ὅπου ἔθηκαν αὐτόν.

Transliteration

Ho de legei autais, Not ekthambeisthe: Iēsoun zēteite ton Nazarēnon, the one having been estaurōmenon: he ēgerthē; he ouk estin hōde: ide the topos hopou ethēkan auton.

Grammar Details

• *Ho*: article, nominative, masculine, singular - the [one]
• *de*: conjunction - but/and
• *legei*: present, 3rd singular, active - says/is saying
• *autais*: dative, feminine, plural - to them
• *ekthambeisthe*: present imperative, 2nd plural, passive - be alarmed/amazed
• *Iēsoun*: accusative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *zēteite*: present, 2nd plural, active - you seek
• *Nazarēnon*: accusative, masculine, singular - Nazarene
• *estaurōmenon*: perfect participle, accusative, masculine, singular, passive - having been crucified
• *ēgerthē*: aorist, 3rd singular, passive - was raised
• *estin*: present, 3rd singular - is
• *hōde*: adverb - here
• *ide*: aorist imperative, 2nd singular - behold/see
• *topos*: nominative, masculine, singular - place
• *hopou*: adverb - where
• *ethēkan*: aorist, 3rd plural, active - they laid/placed
• *auton*: accusative, masculine, singular - him

Word Meanings

• *ekthambeisthe*: be amazed/alarmed/astonished
• *ēgerthē*: was raised/has risen
• *estaurōmenon*: crucified/having been executed on a cross [completed action with continuing result]
• *ide*: behold/see/look

Referenced Verses

• Ps 71:20 : 20 You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.
• Ps 105:3-4 : 3 Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad. 4 Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
• Prov 8:17 : 17 Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.
• Matt 12:40 : 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
• Matt 14:26-27 : 26 And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear. 27 But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.
• Matt 28:4-7 : 4 And for fear of him the watchmen were shaking, and became as dead men. 5 And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross. 6 He is not here, for he has come to life again, even as he said. Come, see the Lord's resting-place. 7 And go quickly and give his disciples the news that he has come back from the dead, and is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as I have said to you.
• Mark 1:24 : 24 Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God.
• Mark 9:9-9 : 9 And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead. 10 And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.
• Mark 10:34 : 34 And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.
• Luke 24:4-8 : 4 And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men in shining clothing by them: 5 And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying, 7 The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life. 8 And his words came back into their minds,
• Luke 24:20-27 : 20 And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross. 21 But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place; 22 And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put, 23 And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living. 24 And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see. 25 And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said. 26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory? 27 And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.
• Luke 24:46 : 46 And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;
• John 2:19-22 : 19 And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days. 20 The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days! 21 But his words were about that holy building which was his body. 22 So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.
• John 19:19-20 : 19 And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.
• Acts 2:22-23 : 22 Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge, 23 Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:
• Acts 4:10 : 10 Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.
• Acts 10:38-40 : 38 About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him. 39 And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree. 40 On the third day God gave him back to life, and let him be seen,
• 1 Cor 15:3-7 : 3 For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings; 4 And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings; 5 And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve; 6 Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping; 7 Then he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles.
• Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one; 18 And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.