She turned herself back (εστραφη εις τα οπισω). Second aorist passive indicative of στρεφω in an intransitive and almost reflectiv…

Knew not that it was Jesus. She was not expecting to see him. It was also still twilight, and she could not see distinctly.

And saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.—There is no need to imagine an external cause for her turning aro…

And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why w…

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…

As Mary turned back toward the outside of the tomb, she saw a person standing there whom she took for the keeper of the garden. She was aware of hi…

And seeth Jesus standing. It may be asked, from where did this mistake arise, that Mary does not recognize Jesus, with whom she must have …

And when she had thus said;
As soon as the words were out of her mouth, before she could have an answer from the ang…

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…

1. Now the Evangelist shows how Mary came to see Christ. First, he tells how she saw Christ; second, how she was recognized by him: Jesu…