John 20 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

The first time of her going was some short time before her companions, the other Mary and Salome (Mt 28:1); and observing that the stone had been removed, she returned to inform Peter and John.

In the meantime, the other Mary and Salome came to the sepulchre, and saw the angel, as recorded by Matthew and Mark.

While these women returned to the city, Peter and John went to the sepulchre, passing them at some distance, or going another way, followed by Mary Magdalene, who stayed after their return.

This was her second journey; when she saw two angels, and then Jesus himself, as here related; and immediately after Jesus appeared to the other women, as they returned to the city.

(Mt 28:9, 10.)

In the meantime Joanna and her company arrived at the sepulchre, when two angels appeared to them, and addressed them as the one angel had done the other women, (Lu 24:1-10.)

They immediately returned to the city, and by some means found the apostles before the others arrived, and informed them of what they had seen; upon which Peter went a second time to the sepulchre, but saw only the linen clothes lying.

(Lu 24:12.)

Matt. 28:1‑10• ¹Now late on sabbath, as it was the dusk of the next day after sabbath, came Mary of Magdala and the other Mary to look at the sepulchre.
²And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending out of heaven, came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it.
³And his look was as lightning, and his clothing white as snow.
⁴And for fear of him the guards trembled and became as dead men.
⁵And the angel answering said to the women, Fear not *ye*, for I know that ye seek Jesus the crucified one.
⁶He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
⁷And go quickly and say to his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and behold, he goes before you into Galilee, there shall ye see him. Behold, I have told you.
⁸And going out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to bring his disciples word.
⁹And as they went to bring his disciples word, behold also, Jesus met them, saying, Hail! And they coming up took him by the feet, and did him homage.
¹⁰Then Jesus says to them, Fear not; go, bring word to my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there they shall see me. (Matt. 28:1‑10)

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Mark 16:1‑2,9• ¹And the sabbath being now past, Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought aromatic spices that they might come and embalm him.
²And very early on the first day of the week they come to the sepulchre, the sun having risen.
⁹Now when he had risen very early, the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala, out of whom he had cast seven demons. (Mark 16:1‑2,9)

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Luke 24:1‑10• ¹But on the morrow of the sabbath, very early indeed in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the aromatic spices which they had prepared.
²And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
³And when they had entered they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
⁴And it came to pass as they were in perplexity about it, that behold, two men suddenly stood by them in shining raiment.
⁵And as they were filled with fear and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living one among the dead?
⁶He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke to you, being yet in Galilee,
⁷saying, The Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinners, and be crucified, and rise the third day.
⁸And they remembered his words;
⁹and, returning from the sepulchre, related all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
¹⁰Now it was Mary of Magdala, and Johanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the others with them, who told these things to the apostles. (Luke 24:1‑10)

the stone.

Matt. 27:60,64‑66• ⁶⁰and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn in the rock; and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, went away.
⁶⁴Command therefore that the sepulchre be secured until the third day, lest his disciples should come and steal him away, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead; and the last error shall be worse than the first.
⁶⁵And Pilate said to them, Ye have a watch: go, secure it as well as ye know how.
⁶⁶And they went and secured the sepulchre, having sealed the stone, with the watch besides. (Matt. 27:60,64‑66)

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Matt. 28:2• ²And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending out of heaven, came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. (Matt. 28:2)

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Mark 15:46• ⁴⁶And having bought fine linen, and having taken him down, he swathed him in the fine linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was cut out of rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre. (Mark 15:46)

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Mark 16:3‑4• ³And they said to one another, Who shall roll us away the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?
⁴And when they looked, they see that the stone has been rolled away, for it was very great. (Mark 16:3‑4)

• She is alone in her love: the very strength of her affection isolates her. (“John 20” by J.N. Darby)

• “Seven demons.” {Luke 8:2}. This represents the complete possession of this poor woman by the unclean spirits to whom she was a prey. It is the expression of the real state of the Jewish people. (“John 20” by J.N. Darby)

• Her affection hastens to the only spot on earth that had an interest for her―the grave of her Lord. O what a character this stamps upon the earth, it was the grave of Jesus! (“Mary at the Sepulcher: John 20”)

• But if no man was given to see the act of His rising from the dead, it was to be testified in all the world as well as His atoning death. “Preach the Gospel,” said He risen, “to every creature.” (“John 20” by W. Kelly)

• Now, the Resurrection of Christ rests, as has been often shown, on far fuller evidence and surer and better grounds than any event in history; and this because it was sifted at the time by friends and foes as nothing else ever was, and because God Himself gave a multiplicity of testimony, proportioned to its incalculable moment, not to us merely, but to His own glory. (“John 20” by W. Kelly)

• She had been there, though not alone, after Sabbath had closed, when it was growing dark (not “dawning,” though the word applies to either) toward the first day of the week, for this is the true meaning of Matt. 28. With this compare Mark 16; as Luke 23:54 shows they had been on the preceding evening when Friday was closing and Sabbath was drawing on. (“John 20” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

And on the first day of the week Mary of Magdala comes in early morn to the tomb, while it was still dark, and sees the stone taken away from the tomb.

W. Kelly Translation

Now on the first [day] of the week Mary of Magdala cometh early while it was yet dark unto the tomb and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb.