And they went and told it unto the rest: neither believed they them.
All Commentaries on Mark 16:13 Go To Mark 16
Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
De Con. Evan., iii, 25: Now we must consider how the Lord appeared after the Resurrection. For Mark says, “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven devils.”.
Luke relates the whole story respecting these two, one of whom was Cleophas, but Mark here touches but slightly upon it. That village of which Luke speaks may without absurdity be supposed to be what is here called a farm house, and indeed in some Greek manuscripts it is called, the country. But by this name are understood not only villages, but also boroughs and country towns, because they are without the city, which is the head and mother of all the rest. That which Mark expresses by the Lord's appearance “in another form,” is what Luke means by saying that “their eye were Holden that they could not know Him.” For something was upon their eyes, which was allowed to remain there, until the breaking of bread.Severianus, Chrysologus: But letno one suppose that Christ changed the form of His face by His Resurrection, but the form is changed when of mortal it becomes immortal, so that this means that He gained a glorious countenance, not that He lost the substance of His countenance. But He was seen of two; because faith in the Resurrection is to be preached and shown to two people, that is, the Gentiles and the Jews. There follows: “And they went and told it unto the residue, neither believed they them. "How are we to understand the words of Mark compared with the account of Luke, that they then said, “The Lord hath risen indeed, and hath appeared unto Simon,” if we do not suppose that there were some there who would not believe?
