Was standing (ιστηκε). Past perfect of ιστημ as imperfect as in 19:25.At the tomb (προς τω μνημειω). Προς (in fro…

But Mary stood (better, was standing) without at the sepulchre weeping.

She had previously gone back as soon as s…

into the sepulcher, and seeth two angels in white—

The resurrection color, the color of joy and gladness: "two angels in whit…

St. Gregory the Great: Mary Magdalene, who had been a sinner in the city and had washed away the stains of her sins with her te…

Mary Magdalene had returned to the tomb and stood outside, wailing for the loss of Jesus. On looking into the tomb, she saw two figures in white se…

But Mary stood at the sepulcher without. The Evangelist now begins to describe the manner in which Christ appeared both to the women and t…

But Mary stood without at the sepulchre
She returned from the city to the sepulchre again, following Peter and John …

We are likely to seek and find when we seek with affection and in tears. But many believers complain of the clouds and darkne they are under, which…

Having told how Mary Magdalene came to the opened tomb, the Evangelist now tells how she came to see the angels.

1. We see her devotion.<…