Matthew Poole and continuators on Mark 16:4

4 (And when they looked, they [illegible: 1 word] that the stone was rolled away) for it was very [illegible: 1 letter]reat.

These were their thoughts as they were c[illegible: 2 letters]ing, concerning the guard which they had set by Pilates permi[illegible: 3 letters]on at the importunity of the Jewish Priests and Rulers, it is probable (the day before being the Jewish Sabbath in the observation of which the Iews were very strict) they had not heard, so were not sollicitous as to them, but they knew of the Stone rolled to the mouth of the Sepulchre, but they were in vain solicitous, when they came they found the Stone rolled away. Christ was risen before.