Mark 16:4 (YLT)

Passage

And having looked, they see that the stone hath been rolled away--for it was very great,

Nearby Context

Mark 16:2 and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun,

Mark 16:3 and they said among themselves, `Who shall roll away for us the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?'

Mark 16:4 And having looked, they see that the stone hath been rolled away--for it was very great,

Mark 16:5 and having entered into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right hand, arrayed in a long white robe, and they were amazed.

Mark 16:6 And he saith to them, `Be not amazed, ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified: he did rise--he is not here; lo, the place where they laid him!

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "and they said among themselves Who shall..." into verse 5's "and having entered into the sepulchre they...", so "having" and "looked" 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 "having" and "looked" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.