Entered and beholdeth (εισηλθεν κα θεωρε). Aorist active and present active indicative. Peter impulsively went on in and beholds (…

And went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie.—Better, . . . beholdeth the linen clothes lie. The…

They were evidently both struck with that sight. It indicated that there had been no haste, no hurry by thieves, but deliberate action of quite ano…

St. John Chrysostom: The Sabbath was now over, a time when it was unlawful to be there. Mary Magdalene could rest no longer, b…

Peter, who by this time had arrived, had no such inhibitions and entered directly into the tomb. He also saw the graveclothes and observed that the…

Then cometh Simon Peter following him
In a very little time after him:

and went into the sepulchr…

If Christ gave his life a ransom and had not taken it again, it would not have appeared that his giving it was accepted as satisfaction. It was a g…

1. Having related the mysteries of Christ’s pa ion, the Evangelist now speaks of the resurrection. He explains that the resurrection was fir…