1, 2. Compare Matt. xxviii. 1; Mark xvi. 2-4; Luke xxiv. 1-3.
1. First day of the week (17 psd tav ca8Bdrtwvr). The Hebrew idiom, day one of the week. See on Luke iv. 31; Acts xx. 7%.
Dark. Matthew says, as t began to dawn; Mark, when the sun was risen; Luke, very early in the morning, or at deep dawn ; see on Luke xxiv. 1.
Taken away (jpyevov éx). Lifted out of. All the Synop- tists have rolled.
2. Loved (é/rex). The word for personal affection. In xiii. 23 ; xxi. 7, 20, 7ydma is used. See on v. 20.
We know not. The plural indicates that Mary was not alone, though she alone is mentioned as coming to the tomb. She may have preceded the others.
3. Came to (jpyovro eis). Wrong. The tense is the im- perfect ; they were coming. Rev., they went toward.
4, They ran (érpeyov). Still the imperfect, they were run- ning. How much the A. V. loses by its persistent ignoring of the force of this tense.
Did outrun (mpoddpapye tadyrov). Lit., ran on in front more quickly. Dante, addressing the spirit of John in Paradise says :
‘* © holy father, spirit who beholdest What thou believedst so that thou o’ercamest, Toward the sepulchre, more youthful feet.” ‘6 Paradise,” xxiv. 124-126.
5. Stooping down (apaxiyas). See on Jas. i. 25, and compare 1 Pet. i. 12. See also Song of Solomon, ii. 9 (Sept.). “He looketh forth (apaxirrwv) at the windows.”
Seeth (@rérev). Simple sight. Compare the wtent gaze of Peter (Sewpe?), ver. 6, which discovered the napkin, not seen by John.
7. Napkin (covddptov). See on Luke xix. 20.
Wrapped together (évreruduypévor). Rev., much better, rolled up. The orderly arrangement of everything in the tomb marks the absence of haste and precipitation in the awakening and rising from the dead.
8. Believed. This word is explained by what follows. He believed (at length) that Jesus was risen ; for up to this time (ovSérw) he, with his fellow-disciple (plural, 7dewcav) knew not, etc. The singular number, he believed, as Meyer profoundly remarks, “ only satisfies the never-to-be-forgotten personal ex- perience of that moment, though it does not exclude the con- temporaneous faith of Peter also.” On knew (jdetcav), see on li. 24.
9. The scripture (Tv ypadiv). The passage of scripture. See on v. 47. The reference may be to Ps. xvi. 10.
Must. On this necessity attaching in the divine counsel to the sufferings, death, and resurrection of Jesus, see Matt. xxvi. 54; Mark viii. 31; Luke ix. 22; xvii. 25; xxii. 37; xxiv. 7, 26, 44; John iii. 14; xii. 34; Actsi. 16.
11-18. Compare Mark xvi. 12, 13; Luke xxiv. 13-35.
11. Stood. Imperfect, was standing, or continued standing, after the two apostles had gone away.
12. Seeth (Sewpe?). Rev., dbeholdeth. See on ver. 5.
Angels. Angels are rarely mentioned in John’s narrative. See i 51's x29) xx. 12.