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John 20:1-31

Contents: Resurrection of Christ.

Characters: Mary Magdalene, Peter, John, two angels, Jesus, disciples, Thomas.

Conclusion: He who gave His life as a ransom resumed His life again by the mighty power of God, proving the acceptability of His sacrifice as a satisfaction for sin, with the Father, and offering to all who should trust in Him, the peace of God that passes all understanding.

Key Word: Resurrection, John 20:14.

Strong Verses: John 20:21; John 20:29; John 20:31.

Striking Facts: John 20:31. This verse defines the purpose of God's Word the demonstrating of the deity of Jesus Christ and the efficacy of His salvation.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XX. _Mary Magdalene, coming early to the sepulchre, finds it_ _empty, and runs and tells Peter_, 1, 2. _Peter and John run to the tomb, and find all as Mary had_ _reported_, 3-10. _Mary s...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    For an account of the resurrection of Christ, see the notes at Matthew 28. John 20:9 THE SCRIPTURE - See Luke 24:26,...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 20 _ 1. The Empty Sepulchre. (John 20:1 .)_ 2. The Risen One and Mary of Magdala. (John 20:11 .) 3. The Gathered Company and He in the midst. (John 20:19 .) 4. The Second Time. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOHN 20. THE COMING OF THE RISEN LORD. John 20:1. The Empty Tomb. The gospel, as contrasted with the Appendix (John 20:21), follows what is now generally known as the Jerusalem tradition, which makes...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XX. THE RESURRECTION (John 20:1-18) At the request of the priests, Pilate sealed the door of the sepulcher with the Roman seal and placed. guard of sixteen Roman soldiers over it, lest "his d...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    BEWILDERED LOVE (John 20:1-10)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Mary from Magdala came to the tomb; and she saw the stone taken away from the tomb. So she ran and came to Simon Peter...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. On the first (day) of the Sabbaths (plural) Greek. _Te mia ton sabbaton._ The word "day" is rightly supplied, as _mia is_ feminine, and so must agree with. feminine noun und...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The first Evidence of the Resurrection 1. _The first day_ Better, BUT ON _the first day_; literally, -day one." We have the same expression Luke 24:1. _the stone taken away_ All four Gospels note the...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF THE RESURRECTION...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    1. The Resurrection itself is left undescribed. Like all beginnings, whether in history or nature, it is hidden from view. 1. The evidence begins with the visit of women to the sepulchre in the early...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 1. The first day of the week comes Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulcher, and sees the stone taken away from the sepulcher. 2. Then she runs, and comes to Simon Peter, and t...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS AND THE EMPTY TOMB -- JOHN 20:1-10:_ Mark records, "Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast se...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΟΎΣΗΣ _praes. act. part. (temp.) gen. fem. sing. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. _Gen. abs. Praes._ одновременного действия: "когда было еще темно". По поводу подсчетов _см._ HSB, 506-8; DJG, 673-88. ΉΡΜΈΝΟΝ _...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE EMPTY TOMB _Text: John 20:1-10_ 1 Now on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb. 2 She runnet...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 20:1-10 Below is an Analysis of the first section of John 20:— The resurrection of Christ was more than hinted at in the first Divine promise and prophecy (Gene...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK COMETH MARY MAGDALENE ...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE RESURRECTION 1-10. The Resurrection. Visits of Mary Magdalene, and of Peter and John to the tomb of Jesus. (For the Resurrection appearances see on the synoptics, especially on St. Matthew; for th...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 20 THE GRAVE IS EMPTY! 20:1-10 V1 On Sunday morning, Mary (who was from Magdala) went to the grave. It was very early a...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    For the visit of the women to the sepulchre, and their announcement to the disciples (John 20:1), comp. generally Notes on Matthew 28:1; Matthew 28:8; Mark 16:1;...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XXII. _ THE RESURRECTION._ "Now on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb. She runneth therefore, and...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The empty tomb_....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE WITNESS OF THE EMPTY TOMB John 20:1-10 In considering John's account of the Resurrection, we should remember that it is largely supplementary to the other narratives. This Gospel having been writ...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is the story of a dark morning and a lost Master. The strange excitement of it all is evidenced by the fact that the three disciples named are all seen running. Mary ran to tell the disciples, an...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The (1) first [day] of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. (1) Mary Magdalene, Peter, and John, are the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    As our Saviour had been interred in great haste, the holy women who had before accompanied Jesus in all his journeys, brought perfumes to embalm his sacred body again, in a manner more proper, than Ni...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

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  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 1-18. 1. The other women who are represented in the Synoptics as going with Mary Magdalene to the sepulchre are not mentioned here, and the appearance to...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    1. JOHN 20:1-10. The entire first part of this section tends towards the words of John 20:8: “ _And he saw and believed._ ” After this, the appearance of Jesus to Mary Magdalene makes the latter the...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    “ _On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene goes to the sepulchre early, while it was yet dark, and she sees that the stone is taken away from the sepulchre;_ 2, _she runs therefore and comes to S...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. (2) Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    1._Now, on the first day of the week. _As the resurrection of Christ is the most important article of our faith, and without it the hope of eternal life is extinguished, for this reason the Evangelist...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK,.... On the sixth day of the week, towards the close of it, Christ was interred; he lay in the grave all the seventh day, and on the first day of the week rose from the dead:...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene alone early, when it was yet dark_ See notes on Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1; where the circumstance of John's mentioning only Mary Magdalene as...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    EASTER MORNING. Mary Magdalene at the grave:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK COMETH MARY MAGDALENE EARLY, WHEN IT WAS YET DARK, UNTO THE SEPULCHER, AND SEETH THE STONE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE SEPULCHER....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GRAVE: OPEN AND EMPTY! (vs.1-10) Though others besides Mary of Magdala went together to the grave early on the first day of the week, yet in John she is singled out, a woman devoted, but incredu...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 If Christ gave his life a ransom, and had not taken it again, it would not have appeared that his giving it was accepted as satisfaction. It was a great trial to Mary, that the body was gone. We...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    MARY MAGDALENE FINDS THE TOMB HAS BEEN OPENED AND CALLS ON PETER AND JOHN (JOHN 20:1)....

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    John 20:1. BUT ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK COMETH MARY MAGDALENE EARLY, WHEN IT WAS YET DARK, UNTO THE SEPULCHRE, AND SEETH THAT THE STONE HAD BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM THE SEPULCHRE. Few parts of the Fou...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    The victory of Jesus over His enemies, in the midst of apparent defeat, is still the subject before us. The preceding chapter had closed with the statement that He was laid in the tomb: when the narra...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    NOW ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK (τη δε μια των σαββατων). Locative case of time when. Both Mark (Mark 16:2) and Luke (Luke 24:1) have this very idiom of the cardinal τη μια, instead of the usual or...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    MARY For ORDER OF EVENTS ON THE RESURECTION DAY, see (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 28:1). _...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    John 20:1. _The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher._ Her love for her Lord made her rise e...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    John 20:2. _They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre._ After Mr. WEST had examined with all possible care every circumstance recorded of the resurrection, he in substance remarks, that John...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING. See notes on Matthew 28:1-8. MARY MAGDALENE WENT TO THE TOMB. Mary Magdalene, the other Mary, and Salome start off toward the tomb, and Mary Magdalene evidently goes on ahead...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene … unto the sepulchre_ THE SEPULCHRE There were more common and more noble sepulchres. The common were in public burying places without the city. And...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 20:1 Chapter John 20:1 covers the aftermath of Jesus’ crucifixion and burial: the empty tomb, the risen Jesus’ encounter with Mary Magdalene, and Jesus’ appearances to his disciples...

  • The Gospels Compared

    Jesus rises from the dead Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-11; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18;...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    28-31 CHAPTER 20 VER. 1. _On the first day of the week._ Literally, of the Sabbath, the week being called the Sabbath, after its principal day, or the day of the Pasch. (see on Mat 28:1) _Mary Magda...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ St. John’s narrative of the Resurrection is not general. He describes how _faith_ in the risen Lord was established in his own case and in the case of the other discip...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOHN 20:1 2. The complete glorification of Jesus in his resurrection. The record pauses for the awful day of that great sabbath, and resumes the marvelous recital when the greatest event i...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the gospel according to John, chapter 20. The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and she saw the stone was...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 16:2; Acts 20:7; John 20:19; John 20:26; Luke 24:1;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST John 20:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The linen clothes. Before we discuss the resurrection with you, we want you to consider with us the manner in which Christ was wrapped arou...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    In this verse is recorded how Mary Magdalene came early to the sepulchre, on the first day of the week, to anoint the dead body of our Lord Jesus. Where note, that though her heart did burn with an a...

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