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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre,.... She returned from the city to the sepulchre again, following Peter and John thither, who continued here when they departed, being willing to get some tidings of her Lord, if possible. The word "without", is omitted by the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions, but is in the Greek copies; and is properly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But Mary stood, — She was not going away home. Love cannot leave the place where it lost its object; it will continue to search there: “But Mary stood” — Joh_20:11. Without at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked — Some can weep, but never look. Do not act so, beloved, but look for comfort even when your heart is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
into the sepulcher, and seeth two angels in white — The resurrection color, the color of joy and gladness: “two angels in white”—
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. You see, dear friends, love is very patient and persevering. The other disciples had gone away home, but not so...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And seeth two angels in white,.... Matthew and Mark speak but of one, but Luke of two, as here; whom he calls men, because they appeared in an human form, and in shining garments, or white apparel; and which appearance is entirely agreeable to the received notion of the Jews, that as evil angels or devils are clothed in black, so good angels, or...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. I have no doubt that the angel who sat at the feet was quite as content to sit there as the other was to sit at the head. If any two of you are sent upon the Lord’s business, do not pick and choose as to where you shall be, or what you shall do. “One at the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they say unto her, woman, why weepest thou?.... Signifying, that she had no reason to weep, but to rejoice and be glad; since, though the body of her Lord was not there, yet he was risen from the dead, and was alive. This they said, partly to rebuke her for her grief, and to comfort her under it: Beza's ancient copy adds here, as in John 20:15...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. Grief has not many words. It is apt to repeat itself, as the Lord himself did in Gethsemane when he prayed three times, using the same words.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? They could not understand Mary’s tears, their question seemed to say “Christ the Lord is risen from the dead, and all the streets of heaven are ringing with hallelujahs because the great Conqueror has returned bearing the spoils of his victory. Why weepest thou? Art not thou one of those for whom...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when she had thus said,.... As soon as the words were out of her mouth, before she could have an answer from the angels: she turned herself back; perceiving, either by the looks and gesture of one of the angels, or by hearing a noise, that somebody was behind her: and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus; she saw a person, but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? Christ often repeats the words of his messengers, as if to endorse them. The angels said, “Woman, why weepest thou?” The angels’ Master says the same. I pray him, tonight, not only to give me...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. A strange and sad unbelief had taken possession of her, and there is nothing that blinds the eye so quickly as unbelief. Christ is near thee, poor soul, near thee in thy trouble, but thou dost not know that it is Jesus. Open thine eyes, may...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus saith unto her, woman, why weepest thou,.... The same question he puts to her, as was put by the angels: adding, whom seekest thou? for she was not only weeping for the loss of him, but was inquiring after him, if anyone saw him removed from thence, and where he was carried: she supposing him to be the gardener; that had the care of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Did it occur to her that, possibly, the gardener objected to having a corpse in the garden, and that, therefore, he had come early in the morning, and taken it away? We can hardly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Her supposition was wrong in one way, but right in another, for Jesus is the Gardener, and his Church is his garden. There was one...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus saith unto her, Mary,.... He might alter the tone of his voice, and speak unto her as he used to do, calling her by her name in his usual manner: so Christ has personal knowledge of all his people, and can call them by name; he knows them, and makes himself known to them, before they can know him; and though he may absent himself from them...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. She said, “My Master, my Rabbi, my Teacher, my Leader, my dear Master;” and I expect she said it with great exultation. She delighted to have her Master again, to have her Teacher again; for, to be without her Teacher, and without her Lord, was a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto her, Mary. In the simple utterance of her name, there were tones which she could not mistake, it was the sweetest music she had heard since her Lord’s last message from the cross: “Mary.” “Why, surely,” she must have thought, “it was the Master’s voice calling me by name!” Joh_20:16. She turned herself, and saith unto him,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus saith unto her, touch me not,.... Not that his body was an aerial one, or a mere "phantom", which could not be touched; the prohibition itself shows the contrary; and besides, Christ's body was afterwards presented to Thomas, to be touched by him, and to be handled by all the disciples; and his feet were held by the women, which is what Mary...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; — Or, as the words may be read, “Hold me not; detain me not; “ — Joh_20:17. For I am not yet ascended to my Father: “I have to go away from you, so do not imagine that you can hold me back. Nay, the time for such communications with me is past, for I am now in another condition. I will communicate with you...