She went] cp. Luke 24:10; John 20:18. As they mourned and wept] cp. Luke 24:17. The author of the 'Gospel of Peter' (150 a.d., or earlier) must probably be added to the early witnesses to these twelve vv., for he writes, 'And upon all these things we fasted and sat mourning and weeping night and day until the sabbath... But we, the twelve disciples of the Lord, wept and were grieved.'

11. Believed not] This appendix lays great stress on the slowness of the apostles to believe (Mark 16:13). Cp. Matthew 28:17; Luke 24:11; Luke 24:25; Luke 24:37; John 20:25; John 20:27.

12, 13. Appearance to two disciples. They were walking to Emmaus: see Luke 24:13.

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