Mark 16:14 (DBY)

Passage

Afterwards as they lay at table he was manifested to the eleven, and reproached [them with] their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him risen.

Nearby Context

Mark 16:12 And after these things he was manifested in another form to two of them as they walked, going into the country;

Mark 16:13 and *they* went and brought word to the rest; neither did they believe them.

Mark 16:14 Afterwards as they lay at table he was manifested to the eleven, and reproached [them with] their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him risen.

Mark 16:15 And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all the creation.

Mark 16:16 He that believes and is baptised shall be saved, and he that disbelieves shall be condemned.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "afterwards", "table", "manifested", "eleven", "reproached", "unbelief", "hardness", and "heart". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "afterwards" and "table", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "and they went and brought word to..." into verse 15's "And he said to them Go into...", so "afterwards" and "table" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "afterwards" and "table" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.