<p>24:9 <i>And returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the others</i>- Mk. 16:7,8 says that initially their fear was so great that they were resolved not to tell anyone anything, i.e. to be disobedient to the commission to tell their brethren the good news. And so according to Matthew the Lord Himself intervenes to urge them to go tell their brethren.</p>