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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 for a while, yet not always: she turned herself,...
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
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 terrible bereavement to that gentle, teachable...
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, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Or, “My Master!” The...