“Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.”
So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, 'They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him' — Mary's running (Greek: trekhō) conveys both urgency and the physical energy of resurrection encounter. She names the beloved disciple alongside Peter, establishing a dual witness structure central to John's theology. Her statement assumes theft rather than resurrection, revealing that the disciples have not yet grasped the post-resurrection event.
Church Fathers on John 20:2
The Sabbath being now over, during which it was unlawful to be there, Mary Magdalene could rest no longer, but came very early in the morning, to seek consolation at the grave: The first day of the week comes Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulcher.
Mary Magdalene, undoubtedly the most fervent in love, of all the women that ministered to our Lord; so that John deservedly mentions her only, and says nothing of the others who were with her, as we know from the other Evangelists.
Una sabbati, i.e. one day after the sabbath.
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