Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 20:2

"She runneth therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we know not where they have laid him." — John 20:2 (ASV)

This was the language of ignorance and unbelief. She had forgotten that the Lord had said that he would rise again, the third day, or else she had never understood the meaning of his words. So, instead of saying, "He is risen," she said, "They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him."

Unbelief often reads things wrongly; it reads sorrow into facts that should create joy. Nothing could have made Mary happier than to believe that her Lord had risen from the dead, and nothing ever made her more sorrowful than feeling that she must say, "They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him."