1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Mark 16:5 | *And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed with a white robe: and they were astonished. Matthew 28:5.; Luke 24:4.; John 20:12. | St. Matthew says the angel was sitting on the stone, whilst St. Mark says that they saw him sitting on the right side of the sepulchre. This must not surprise us; for the angel which first appeared sitting upon the stone, might have been afterwards seen by him sitting on the right side of the sepulchre. (Theophylactus) --- Perhaps the angel mentioned by St. Matthew is different from the one mentioned by St. Mark. Or it may be understood, that the women entering the monument, which may mean the enclosure of it, saw the angel sitting on the stone, which was placed on the right side of the sepulchre. (St. Augustine) |