John 20:1-10 The first day of the week comes Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulcher… It is remarkable, that whenever these holy coverings of our Lord's body are mentioned, they are never called (John 11:44) "grave clothes," as in the case of Lazarus; but they are spoken of as the linen clothes (2 Corinthians 13:4). (I. Williams.) The cerements of Christ and of Lazarus: — When our Lord raised up Lazarus, he came forth of the grave "bound hand and foot with grave clothes." Though he was for the present rescued from death by the power of Christ, yet he must still be a subject to it; he is revived, but yet riseth with the bonds of death about him; he must die again; but when our Lord riseth, He shakes off His grave clothes; the linen, that wrapped His body, in one place, and the linen, that bound His head, in another. Our Lord, being risen, "dieth no more; death hath no dominion over Him" (Acts 13:34-37; Romans 6:9; Hebrews 7:23-25). (Sir M. Hale.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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