JOHN 20:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.”
Then the disciples went back to their own homes — Peter and the beloved disciple (and implicitly the other disciples) return home, still lacking full resurrection conviction despite the beloved disciple's belief. This dispersal prepares for Jesus' own appearances, which will gather them again. The narrative movement (Mary to tomb to disciples' homes) mirrors the scattering of sheep and their eventual reassembly by the shepherd (John 10).
Church Fathers on John 20:9
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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