Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man—In Matthew 28:2 he is called "the angel of the Lord"; but here he is described as he appeared to the eye, in the bloom of a life that knows no decay. In Matthew he is represented as sitting on the stone outside the sepulchre; but since even there he says, "Come, see the place where the Lord lay" (Matthew 28:6), he seems, as ALFORD says, to have gone in with them from without; only awaiting their arrival to accompany them into the hallowed spot, and instruct them about it.
sitting on the right side—having respect to the position in which His Lord had lain there. This trait is peculiar to Mark; but compare Luke 1:11.
clothed in a long white garment—On its length, see Isaiah 6:1; and on its whiteness, see on Matthew 28:3.
and they were affrighted.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Mark 16:5:
Matthew 28:1
Luke 1:11
Luke 9:30-31
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