"They trembled and were amazed" (Mark 16:8) sounds like the women at the empty tomb were pleasantly astonished, the way you'd be amazed by a magic trick.

Mark 16:8 says the women fleeing the empty tomb "trembled and were amazed… for they were afraid." The underlying Greek (ekstasis, the root of "ecstasy") describes a state of being thrown out of your normal senses: overwhelming, disorienting shock, mixing dread and wonder. It's paired with trembling and fear throughout the Gospels' resurrection accounts, not with delight.

Modern "amazed" has drifted toward something closer to "impressed" or "wowed": you're amazed by a magic trick or a plot twist. That softer sense undersells what Mark is describing: people who are genuinely shaken, almost frightened, by what they've just witnessed.