JOHN 20:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.”
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord'; and she told them that he had said these things to her — Mary's proclamation (angelizō) as first witness parallels the apostolic function; she becomes evangelist of resurrection. Her testimony is personal ('I have seen') and authoritative (she conveys Jesus' own words). John grants this woman what the other Gospels reserve for the apostolic college: apostolic witness to the risen Lord.
Church Fathers on John 20:18
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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