John - 20:18



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

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Explanation and meaning of John 20:18.

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Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
Mary Magdalene cometh and telleth the disciples, I have seen the Lord; and that he had said these things unto her.
Mary Magdalen cometh, and telleth the disciples: I have seen the Lord, and these things he said to me.
Mary of Magdala comes bringing word to the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.
Mary the Magdalene cometh, telling to the disciples that she hath seen the Lord, and that these things he said to her.
Mary of Magdala came and brought word to the disciples. "I have seen the Master," she said. And she told them that He had said these things to her.
Mary Magdalene went with the news to the disciples, and said she had seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her.
Mary Magdalene went, announcing to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord, and these are the things that he said to me."
Mary of Magdala went and told the disciples that she had seen the Master, and that he had said this to her.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Told the disciples - that he had spoken these things - St. Mark says, Mark 16:11, that the afflicted apostles could not believe what she had said. They seem to have considered it as an effect of her troubled imagination.

Mary Magdalene came,.... Directly and immediately, being ready and willing to obey the commends of her Lord, with the utmost cheerfulness; and glad to go on such an errand, and carry such news to his disciples, even though her private interest and personal affection might have inclined her to desire to stay with Christ:
and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord; not only that he was risen from the dead, and she had been told so by the angels, but she had seen him herself, and was an eyewitness of his resurrection, and which she firmly believed; this she said, not only with all the marks of pleasure, joy and transport, but with an air of assurance and confidence:
and that he had spoken these things unto her; as that he called them brethren, and bid her go unto them, and acquaint them, that as he was risen, he should in a short time ascend to his Father and theirs, to his God and theirs; all which she faithfully related to them.

Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her--To a woman was this honor given to be the first that saw the risen R edeemer, and that woman was not His mother. (See on Mark 16:9).

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