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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 put by the evangelist, when rightly understood; for...
Matthew Henry
This evangelist, though he began not his gospel as the rest did, yet concludes it as they did, with the history of Christ' resurrection; not of the thing itself, for none of them describe how he rose, but of the proofs and evidences of it, which demonstrated that he was risen. The proofs of Christ's resurrection, which we have in this chapter, are I. Such as occurred immediately at the sepulchre....
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 breaking: “As she wept, she stooped down, and looked...
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”—
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 Mary, she stands outside the sepulcher, and still...