Then she runneth She runneth therefore, concluding that the body must be gone.

Simon Peter His fall was probably known and his deep repentance also: he is still chief of the Apostles, and as such the one consulted first.

and to the other The repetition of -to" implies that the two Apostles were not lodging together, although John 20:3 implies that they were close to one another.

whom Jesus loved Perhaps the expression is meant to apply to Simon Peter also; -the otherdisciple whom Jesus loved." This becomes probable when we notice that the word for -loved" is not that used of S. John in John 19:26; John 21:7; John 21:20 (agapân), but the more general word (philein). See on John 11:5.

They have taken She does not attempt to determine who, whether friends or foes.

we know not This possibly implies that other women had been with her, as stated by the Synoptists. If so, she may have outstripped them in going to the garden.

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