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They told her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don`t know where they have laid him."
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A Grief Compounded
Commentators explain that Mary's weeping was not only for Jesus' death but for the added mystery of his missing body. She believed someone had "taken away my Lord," robbing her of the final comfort of anointing his body for burial. This added a layer of frustration and helplessness to her profound sorrow.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They have taken away. That is, the disciples or friends of Jesus who had laid him there. Perhaps it was understood that the body was depos…
I do not know (ουκ οιδα). Singular here, not plural as in verse 2, because clearly Mary is alone here. But the problem is the same…
19th Century
Anglican
And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou?—().
Because they have taken away my Lord.
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Baptist
And they say to her, Woman, why do you weep? She says to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him…
The question the angels asked Mary brought from her only an expression of grief and frustration. The death of Jesus, which she had witnessed, was i…
16th Century
Protestant
Woman, why weepest thou? From the statements of the Evangelists, it may be readily concluded that the angel held a long conversation; but …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they say unto her, woman, why are you weeping ? &c.] Signifying, that she had no reason to weep, but to rejoice and be gla…
We are likely to seek and find when we seek with affection and in tears. But many believers complain of the clouds and darkness they are under, whi…
13th Century
Catholic
Having told how Mary Magdalene came to the opened tomb, the Evangelist now tells how she came to see the angels.
