John 20:13

“And they say unto her, woman, why weepest thou? etc.] Signifying, that she had no reason to weep, but to rejoice and be glad; since, though the body of her Lord was not there, yet he was risen from the dead, and was alive. This they said, partly to rebuke her for her grief, and to comfort her under it: Beza’s ancient copy adds here, as in (<432015>John 20:15) “whom seekest thou?” and so does the Ethiopic version: “she saith unto them”; without any concern of mind about what they were, and as if they had been of the human kind; for her grief made her fearless, and she cared not who she opened the case to, so that she could get any relief, and any tidings of her Lord: because they have taken…”

“Woman, why weepest thou?--You would think the vision too much for a lone woman. But absorbed in the one Object of her affection and pursuit, she speaks out her grief without fear. Because, &c.--that is, Can I choose but weep, when "they have taken away," &c., repeating her very words to Peter and John. On this she turned herself and saw Jesus Himself standing beside her, but took Him for the gardener. Clad therefore in some such style He must have been. But if any ask, as too curious interpreters do, whence He got those habiliments, we answer [with OLSHAUSEN and LUTHARDT] where the two angels got theirs. Nor did the voice of His first words disclose Him to Mary--"Woman, why weepest thou?…”

“They have taken away - That is the disciples or friends of Jesus who had laid him there. Perhaps it was understood that the body was deposited there only to remain over the Sabbath, with an intention then of removing it to some other place of burial. Hence, they hastened early in the morning to make preparation, and Mary supposed they had arrived before her and had taken him away. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Woman: Joh 2:4, Joh 19:26 why: Joh 20:15, Joh 14:27, Joh 14:28, Joh 16:6, Joh 16:7, Joh 16:20-22; Sa1 1:8; Psa 43:3-5; Ecc 3:4; Jer 31:16; Luk 24:17; Act 21:13 Because: Joh 20:2 John 20:14”