John 20:1

Saint Mary Magdalene
On Sunday early dawn, St. Mary Magdalene saw the stone removed we all read USCCB have an excellent commentary with footnote on John 20:1:


💜 Still dark: according to Mark the sun had risen, Matthew describes it as “dawning,” and Luke refers to early dawn. Mary sees the stone removed, not the empty tomb. 💜🤟🔥🕊️🙏

John 20:1 — [20:1–10] Mt 28:1–10; Mk 16:1–11; Lk 24:1–12.

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John 20:1-18 USCCB

The Empty Tomb.*

1On the first day of the week,a Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark,* and saw the stone removed from the tomb. b

2So she ran* and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.”

3* So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.

4They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first;

5he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.

6c When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths* there,

7and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.d

8Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.

9* e For they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead.

10Then the disciples returned home.

The Appearance to Mary of Magdala.*

11But Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping.f 

And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb

12and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet where the body of Jesus had been.

13And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken my Lord, and I don’t know where they laid him.”

14When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus.g

15Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?”h She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him.”

16Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni,”*which means Teacher.

17Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me,* for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

i18Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and what he told her.