Mark 16:14 (YLT)

Passage

Afterwards, as they are reclining (at meat), he was manifested to the eleven, and did reproach their unbelief and stiffness of heart, because they believed not those having seen him being raised;

Nearby Context

Mark 16:12 And after these things, to two of them, as they are going into a field, walking, he was manifested in another form,

Mark 16:13 and they having gone, told to the rest; not even them did they believe.

Mark 16:14 Afterwards, as they are reclining (at meat), he was manifested to the eleven, and did reproach their unbelief and stiffness of heart, because they believed not those having seen him being raised;

Mark 16:15 and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation;

Mark 16:16 he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "and they having gone told to the..." into verse 15's "and he said to them Having gone...", so "afterwards" and "reclining" 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 "reclining" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.