Jesus First Appears to Mary Magdalene, Part 1 (TMF:304)

Thursday, December 03, 2015
Peace to Live By: Jesus First Appears to Mary Magdalene, Part 1 (TMF:304) - Daniel Litton
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       Both Peter and John hurried to the tomb based on what Mary had told them. One has to wonder what they were thinking as they ran there. But it is interesting how John states that the disciples had not understood that Jesus had to rise from the dead until they saw the tomb empty. It's not that they understood beforehand and just didn't believe. The text says they didn't even understand that it had to happen that way. One of my favorite scenes in the whole New Testament is when Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene in the garden outside the tomb. Out of all the people Jesus could appear to first, he chose Mary Magdalene. Jesus loved Mary, and you have to understand that this was epic for the time. Women were often treated lesser at the time, but Jesus would have none of that. 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” (John 20:11-13, ESV).