Expositor's Bible Commentary 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)

Mary hastened to find Peter and “the other disciple, the one Jesus loved” (likely John), the leaders of the Twelve, and announced that the body was missing from the tomb: “They have taken the Lord.” No identification is given for “they.” Either the word is an impersonal plural or else, as is more likely, it is an oblique reference to the Jewish hierarchy who had designed Jesus’ death. Obviously Mary thought the body had been secretly removed by Jesus’ enemies.