JOHN 20:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.”
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb — Mary remains at the tomb while the male disciples depart, establishing her as the primary resurrection witness. Her weeping (klaiō) persists despite the beloved disciple's belief and Peter's investigation; she grieves loss rather than celebrates discovery. This emotional weight grounds the resurrection narrative in human anguish before divine revelation.
Church Fathers on John 20:10
Mary Magdalene, who had been the sinner in the city, and who had washed out the spots of her sins by her tears, whose soul burned with love, did not retire from the sepulcher when the others did: Then the disciples went away again to their own home.
i.e. To the place where they were lodging, and from which they had ran to the sepulcher. But though the men returned, the stronger love of the woman fixed her to the spot. But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping.
Be not astonished that Mary wept for love at the sepulcher, and Peter did not; for the female sex is naturally tender, and inclined to weep.
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