Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 20:1

"Now on the first [day] of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb." — John 20:1 (ASV)

Her love for her Lord made her rise early and helped her to overcome the fear which would have prevented many from going out when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher. There are fears which some cannot shake off in the dark, and those fears would be apt to become intensified in going to a sepulcher in the dark; but love wakes early to try to find Christ, and love can see in the dark when looking for Jesus. Mary little expected to find the tomb of Jesus rifled, and the stone rolled away; she was so surprised at what she saw that she hurried away to tell the story to other friends of her Lord.