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Mark 16:4

And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

KJV

καὶ ἀναβλέψασαι θεωροῦσιν ὅτι ἀνακεκύλισται ὁ λίθος· ἦν γὰρ μέγας σφόδρα.

Greek NT

Et respicientes viderunt revolutum lapidem. Erat quippe magnus valde.

Vulgate

and looking up, they see that the stone is rolled back: for it was exceeding great.

ASV

And looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it was very great.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεωρέω
theoreo
verb · 57×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λίθος
lithos
noun · 60×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
σφόδρα
sphodra
adverb · 11×
ἀναβλέπω
anablepo
verb · 25×
ἀποκυλίω
apokulio
verb · 4×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἀποκεκύλισται | NIV/RP: ἀποκεκύλισται | WH/Treg: ἀνακεκύλισται
  • ἀποκεκύλισταιSBLGNT
  • ἀποκεκύλισταιReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • ἀνακεκύλισταιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • John 20:1 — The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
  • Luke 24:2 — And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
  • Matt 28:2 — And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.