Mark 16:6 (YLT)

Passage

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!

Nearby Context

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!

Mark 16:7 and go, say to his disciples, and Peter, that he doth go before you to Galilee; there ye shall see him, as he said to you.'

Mark 16:8 And, having come forth quickly, they fled from the sepulchre, and trembling and amazement had seized them, and to no one said they anything, for they were afraid.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "and having entered into the sepulchre they..." into verse 7's "and go say to his disciples and...", so "saith" and "amazed" 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 "saith" and "amazed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.