11And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
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And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. …
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. …
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-13)We have here a very short account of two of Christ’s appearances, and the little credit which the report of them gained with the disciples. I. He appeared to Mary Magdalene, to her first in the garden, which we have a particular narrative of, John 20:14. It was she out of whom he had cast seven devils ; much was forgiven her, and much was given her, and done for her, and she loved much ; and this…
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