Jesus First Appears to Mary Magdalene, Part 2 (TMF:305)

Friday, December 04, 2015
Peace to Live By: Jesus First Appears to Mary Magdalene, Part 2 (TMF:305) - Daniel Litton
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       Now let's pick up on some more of the passage, starting in verse 11: “But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her” (John 20:11-18, ESV). I can just picture the stone being rolled away, and Jesus standing there. I think the women who believed in him, like Mary, had more faith than the men (see John 11:27).