Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures

Mary Magdalen had left the toml> before the angels appeared : but she is put at the head of the pious women, as she reported to Peter the absence of the body from the tomb, and the other women subsequently reported the vision of angels.

They necessarily supposed Him to be an entire stranger in Jerusa- lem, and still wondered at His apparent ignorance of the late events.

Their eyes had not been shut ; but by supernatural agency their clear vision and recognition of Christ had been impeded.

The Holy Spirit, whom the Father had promised by the prophets : and whom Christ promised to send from the Father.