does not mean that they failed to inform the disciples of these astonishing events as the angel commanded them, but only that they kept it a secret from outsiders for reasons of fear. For example, in Mark 1:44 Jesus says to the healed leper: ‘See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest.’ By analogy the statement in Mark 16:8 might mean, ‘they said nothing to anyone except for the disciples’. Moreover, groups with an apocalyptic orientation thought themselves to be privy