Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 20:18

"Mary Magdalene cometh and telleth the disciples, I have seen the Lord; and [that] he had said these things unto her." — John 20:18 (ASV)

And that he had spoken these things unto her.

Sometimes, we have to deliver the message of stern justice, which is one of doom to the guilty; but, oh, how sweet it is to be able to come with the message of the gospel!

'He lives; the great Redeemer lives.' He lives to plead for sinners; so, sinners: come and trust him, for he will manifest himself to you as surely as he did to these disciples, though not in exactly the same form.

Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things to her.

She was a true woman—one whom they had known well enough to be quite able to trust her, and her testimony ought to have been believed, but there were some who doubted.

Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, (John 20:18).

That was a very different message from her first one. Then she came and said, "He is gone; the tomb is empty; the stone is rolled away;" now she comes with the joyful tidings, "I have seen our risen Lord."