9 [Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week , He first appeared to Mary Magdalene , from whom He had cast out seven demons . 10 She went and reported to those who had been with Him, while they were mourning and weeping . 11 When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they refused to believe it.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 16:9-11
Commentary on Mark 16:9-13
(Read Mark 16:9-13)
Better news cannot be brought to disciples in tears, than to tell them of Christ's resurrection. And we should study to comfort disciples that are mourners, by telling them whatever we have seen of Christ. It was a wise providence that the proofs of Christ's resurrection were given gradually, and admitted cautiously, that the assurance with which the apostles preached this doctrine afterwards might the more satisfy. Yet how slowly do we admit the consolations which the word of God holds forth! Therefore while Christ comforts his people, he often sees it needful to rebuke and correct them for hardness of heart in distrusting his promise, as well as in not obeying his holy precepts.