And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre;
for they trembled and were amazed:
neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.
Mark 16:8
Adam Clarke
Charles Spurgeon
Matthew Henry
But, after this, they summoned up courage, and did tell the story of their Lord’s resurrection.
See how much we are enemies to ourselves and our own comfort, in not considering and mixing faith with that Christ hath said to us. Christ had often told them, that the third day he would rise again had they given that its due notice and credit, they would have come to the sepulchre, expecting to have found him risen, and would have received the news of it with a joyful assurance, and not with all this terror and amazement. But, being ordered to tell the disciples, because they were to tell it to all the world, they would not tell it to any one else, they showed not any thing of it to any man that they met by the way, for they were afraid, afraid it was too good news to be true. Note, Our disquieting fears often hinder us from doing that service to Christ and to the souls of men, which if faith and the joy of faith were strong, we might do.