Woman See on John 2:4; John 19:26.

my Lord, and I know not In John 20:2 it was - theLord and weknow not." In speaking to Apostles she includes other believers; in speaking to strangers she represents the relationship and the loss as personal. These words express the burden of her thoughts since she first saw that the stone had been removed. We may reasonably suppose that the Evangelist obtained his information from Mary Magdalene herself. "The extreme simplicity of the narrative, it may be added, reflects something of the solemn majesty of the scene. The sentences follow without any connecting particles till John 20:19. (Comp. c. 15)" Westcott in loco.

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