Mark 16:6 (DBY)

Passage

but he says to them, Be not alarmed. Ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, the crucified one. He is risen, he is not here; behold the place where they had put him.

Nearby Context

Mark 16:4 And when they looked, they see that the stone has been rolled [away], for it was very great.

Mark 16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a white robe, and they were amazed and alarmed;

Mark 16:6 but he says to them, Be not alarmed. Ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, the crucified one. He is risen, he is not here; behold the place where they had put him.

Mark 16:7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, he goes before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him, as he said to you.

Mark 16:8 And they went out, and fled from the sepulchre. And trembling and excessive amazement possessed them, and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "says", "alarmed", "seek", "jesus", "nazarene", "crucified", "risen", and "here". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "says" and "alarmed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And entering into the sepulchre they saw..." into verse 7's "But go tell his disciples and Peter...", so "says" and "alarmed" 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 "says" and "alarmed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.