And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
After speaking at the tomb she turned away from it and the angels and saw Jesus standing close beside her, yet she did not know it was he but took him for the gardener and begged to be told where the body had been taken. She was weeping in bitter disappointment at not finding her Lord, thinking he had been taken away, and grief with tear-dimmed eyes kept her from discerning that the risen Saviour was near. She acknowledged him as Master and Lord only when he called her by name and she knew his familiar voice. He stayed beside her until he had made himself known, showing his willingness to reveal himself to those devoted to him and seeking living connection with heaven, and he made the weeping women his first messengers of his resurrection. His followers therefore should not grieve as though he were still buried in Joseph's tomb, for he is risen and ever lives as a living Saviour to give faith, hope, courage, peace, and fulness of joy.
Mary Seeing Jesus Unrecognized
After speaking at the tomb, she turned herself back from the tomb and from the angels and saw Jesus standing by her side nearby. The turn was from the rent sepulcher itself toward the one who stood close beside her at that very moment.
She was bitterly disappointed at not finding her Lord, her heart crying out after her Saviour. She was weeping because she thought they had taken away her Lord and she knew not where they had laid him, even while he stood before her.
She did not know that it was Jesus who stood there. She supposed him to be the gardener. She pleaded to be told where the body had been taken so that she could take him away, asking where his body had been laid and seeking information about where it had been taken.
Grief and tear-dimmed eyes blinded her and kept her from discerning that the risen Saviour was close beside her. Her eyes were blinded by tears, and in her grief and sorrow she failed to recognize him and did not know that the one she sought was present. Her sorrow kept her from discerning his presence until he spoke.
She acknowledged him as Master and Lord only when he called her by name. She recognized his familiar tone and expression when he spoke her name.
Risen Saviour With Believers
After the resurrection Jesus stood beside Mary and remained there until he had made himself known to her, showing his willingness to reveal himself to those who are devoted to him and who seek a living connection with heaven. He appeared in this way to the weeping women, though at first unrecognized, and made them his first messengers to spread the good news that he had risen. By meeting the risen Saviour, Mary became the first to preach a risen Saviour.
Her commission makes her the example of women as Christian workers who practice the truth, represent Christ, and bring souls to the light as instruments of righteousness rendering holy service to God. That holy service is given in teaching, in missionary correspondence, in tract distribution, in Sabbath-school teaching, and in praying and conversing with families. Her experience illustrates that even as Christ was raised from the dead, those who sleep in Jesus will be brought with him.
Jesus is not dead in Joseph's new tomb with a great stone before the door, but is risen from the dead as a living Saviour ascended up on high into the presence of the Father, where he ever lives to make intercession and atonement. He is the living Saviour, the Head of the church, the Good Shepherd. Christians therefore should not grieve as though he were still buried, for to act as though he were still buried is unbelief that brings temptation, trial, entanglement, discouragement, doubt, and rebellion. The truth of his resurrection calls believers to be one with the Father, to keep God's law, and to have earnest living faith, courage, hope, trust, peace, and fulness of joy in a living Saviour who will set things straight and save from apostasy.
After speaking at the tomb she turned away from it and the angels and saw Jesus standing close beside her, yet she did not know it was he but took him for the gardener and begged to be told where the body had been taken. She was weeping in bitter disappointment at not finding her Lord, thinking he had been taken away, and grief with tear-dimmed eyes kept her from discerning that the risen Saviour was near. She acknowledged him as Master and Lord only when he called her by name and she knew his familiar voice. He stayed beside her until he had made himself known, showing his willingness to reveal himself to those devoted to him and seeking living connection with heaven, and he made the weeping women his first messengers of his resurrection. His followers therefore should not grieve as though he were still buried in Joseph's tomb, for he is risen and ever lives as a living Saviour to give faith, hope, courage, peace, and fulness of joy.
Mary Seeing Jesus Unrecognized
After speaking at the tomb, she turned herself back from the tomb and from the angels and saw Jesus standing by her side nearby. The turn was from the rent sepulcher itself toward the one who stood close beside her at that very moment.
She was bitterly disappointed at not finding her Lord, her heart crying out after her Saviour. She was weeping because she thought they had taken away her Lord and she knew not where they had laid him, even while he stood before her.
She did not know that it was Jesus who stood there. She supposed him to be the gardener. She pleaded to be told where the body had been taken so that she could take him away, asking where his body had been laid and seeking information about where it had been taken.
Grief and tear-dimmed eyes blinded her and kept her from discerning that the risen Saviour was close beside her. Her eyes were blinded by tears, and in her grief and sorrow she failed to recognize him and did not know that the one she sought was present. Her sorrow kept her from discerning his presence until he spoke.
She acknowledged him as Master and Lord only when he called her by name. She recognized his familiar tone and expression when he spoke her name.
Risen Saviour With Believers
After the resurrection Jesus stood beside Mary and remained there until he had made himself known to her, showing his willingness to reveal himself to those who are devoted to him and who seek a living connection with heaven. He appeared in this way to the weeping women, though at first unrecognized, and made them his first messengers to spread the good news that he had risen. By meeting the risen Saviour, Mary became the first to preach a risen Saviour.
Her commission makes her the example of women as Christian workers who practice the truth, represent Christ, and bring souls to the light as instruments of righteousness rendering holy service to God. That holy service is given in teaching, in missionary correspondence, in tract distribution, in Sabbath-school teaching, and in praying and conversing with families. Her experience illustrates that even as Christ was raised from the dead, those who sleep in Jesus will be brought with him.
Jesus is not dead in Joseph's new tomb with a great stone before the door, but is risen from the dead as a living Saviour ascended up on high into the presence of the Father, where he ever lives to make intercession and atonement. He is the living Saviour, the Head of the church, the Good Shepherd. Christians therefore should not grieve as though he were still buried, for to act as though he were still buried is unbelief that brings temptation, trial, entanglement, discouragement, doubt, and rebellion. The truth of his resurrection calls believers to be one with the Father, to keep God's law, and to have earnest living faith, courage, hope, trust, peace, and fulness of joy in a living Saviour who will set things straight and save from apostasy.