Albert Barnes Commentary John 20:9

"For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise from the dead." — John 20:9 (ASV)

The scripture. See Luke 24:26, 46. The sense or meaning of the various predictions that foretold his death, as, for example, Psalms 2:7, compare Acts 13:33; Psalms 16:9, 10, compare Acts 2:25-32; Psalms 110:1, compare Acts 2:34, 35.