18Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
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It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. …
Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-18)St. Mark tells us that Christ appeared first to Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:9); that appearance is here largely related; and we may observe, I. The constancy and fervency of Mary Magdalene’s affection to the Lord Jesus, John 20:11. 1. She staid at the sepulchre, when Peter and John were gone, because there her Master had lain, and there she was likeliest to hear some tidings of him. Note, (1.) Where t…
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