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Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,

John 20:11 (KJV)

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Mary Magdaleneone of the women who followed Jesus from the Galilee (MAT 27:56)

Commentary on John 20:11

But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping (Μαρία δὲ εἱστήκει πρὸς τῷ μνημείῳ ἔξω κλαίουσα, Maria de heistēkei pros tō mnēmeiō exō klaiousa)—the pluperfect 'stood' (εἱστήκει, heistēkei) suggests she had been standing there throughout the disciples' visit, a statue of grief. Weeping (κλαίουσα, klaiousa)—strong emotional weeping, not quiet tears. The present participle shows ongoing action: she kept weeping.As she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre—repeating John's earlier action (v.5) but with different motive: not investigating evidence but mourning loss. Her persistenc...

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