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When she had said this, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and didn`t know that it was Jesus.
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Grief Can Cloud Our Vision
Commentators note several natural reasons for Mary's failure to recognize Jesus. Her eyes were filled with tears, it was still twilight, and she was overwhelmed by sorrow. Not expecting to see the risen Lord, she likely paid little attention, assuming the person was the garden keeper.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Knew not that it was Jesus. She was not expecting to see him. It was also still twilight, and she could not see distinctly.
She turned herself back (εστραφη εις τα οπισω). Second aorist passive indicative of στρεφω in an intransitive and almost reflectiv…
19th Century
Anglican
And saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.—There is no need to imagine an external cause for her turning aro…
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Baptist
And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
A strange and sad unbe…
As Mary turned back toward the outside of the tomb, she saw a person standing there whom she took for the keeper of the garden. She was aware of hi…
16th Century
Protestant
And seeth Jesus standing. It may be asked, from where did this mistake arise, that Mary does not recognize Jesus, with whom she must have …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when she had thus said; As soon as the words were out of her mouth, before she could have an answer from the ang…
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
Now the Evangelist shows how Mary came to see Christ. First, he tells how she saw Christ; second, how she was recognized by him: Jesu…
