Spite of the asseveration of the angels, Mary Magdalene could not fully believe that the Lord was indeed risen from the dead. One can understand this, and sympathize with her feelings. The experience was so utterly unique. Nothing like it had been known in all the history of the world. Lothe to leave the spot where her Lord had been buried, standing by the sepulcher weeping, she glanced into the tomb, and saw two angels sitting, one at the head, and the other at the feet where the body of the Lord had lain. They asked her the reason of her tears. She replied it was because they had taken away the body of her Lord, and she did not know where they had laid it.
Turning back, behold! the risen Lord stood before her. She did not recognize Him at first, perhaps the dimness of the early morning light, and being blinded by her tears, may have accounted for this. She supposed Him to be the gardener. Our Lord asked why she wept, and for whom she was seeking? She replied with the deep affection that ever marked her, that, if the body of the Lord had been taken away, and He would tell her where it was laid, she would take it away, little realizing in the strength of her affections, the weakness of her body for such an impossible task.
Our Lord turned round, and uttered the one word, Mary. Instantly she recognized her Lord, replying Rabboni, that is to say, Master. Thereupon the Lord commissioned her to carry that most wonderful message to the disciples.