Mark 16:4 (GNV)

Passage

And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away (for it was a very great one)

Nearby Context

Mark 16:2 Therefore early in the morning, the first day of the weeke, they came vnto the sepulchre, when the Sunne was nowe risen.

Mark 16:3 And they saide one to another, Who shall rolle vs away the stone from the doore of the sepulchre?

Mark 16:4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away (for it was a very great one)

Mark 16:5 So they went into the sepulchre, and saw a yong man sitting at the right side, clothed in a long white robe: and they were sore troubled.

Mark 16:6 But he said vnto them, Be not so troubled: ye seeke Iesus of Nazareth, which hath bene crucified: he is risen, he is not here: behold the place where they put him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "looked", "stone", "rolled", "away", "very", and "great". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "looked" and "stone", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And they saide one to another Who..." into verse 5's "So they went into the sepulchre and...", so "looked" and "stone" 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 "looked" and "stone" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.