Mark 16:4
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And looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it was very great.

they saw.

Matthew 28:2-4 And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and coming rolled back the stone and sat upon it. . . .

Luke 24:2 And they found the stone rolled back from the sepulchre.

John 20:1 And on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre: and she saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

Context
The Resurrection
3And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4And looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it was very great. 5And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed with a white robe: and they were astonished.…
Cross References
Matthew 27:60
And laid it in his own new monument, which he had hewed out in a rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the monument and went his way.

Matthew 27:66
And they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone and setting guards.

Matthew 28:2
And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and coming rolled back the stone and sat upon it.

Mark 16:3
And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

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.

Lexicon
But
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

when they looked up,
ἀναβλέψασαι (anablepsasai)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 308: To look up, recover my sight. From ana and blepo; to look up; by implication, to recover sight.

they saw
θεωροῦσιν (theōrousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2334: From a derivative of theaomai; to be a spectator of, i.e. Discern, (experience) or intensively (acknowledge).

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

stone
λίθος (lithos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3037: A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone.

had been rolled away,
ἀποκεκύλισται (apokekylistai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 617: To roll away. From apo and kulioo; to roll away.

even though
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

it was
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

extremely
σφόδρα (sphodra)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 4970: Exceedingly, greatly, very much. Neuter plural of sphodros as adverb; vehemently, i.e. In a high degree, much.

large.
μέγας (megas)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense.


Additional Translations
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.

And having looked up, they see that the stone has been rolled away; for it was extremely large.

And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

and looking up, they see that the stone is rolled back: for it was exceeding great.

And when they looked, they see that the stone has been rolled [away], for it was very great.

and looking up, they see that the stone is rolled back: for it was exceeding great.

(And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away) for it was very great.

But then, looking up, they saw that the stone was already rolled back: for it was of immense size.

for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.

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