Giovanni 20:18

18 Maria Maddalena andò ad annunziare ai discepoli che avea veduto il Signore, e ch’egli le avea dette queste cose.

Giovanni 20:18 Meaning and Commentary

John 20:18

Mary Magdalene came
Directly and immediately, being ready and willing to obey the commends of her Lord, with the utmost cheerfulness; and glad to go on such an errand, and carry such news to his disciples, even though her private interest and personal affection might have inclined her to desire to stay with Christ:

and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord;
not only that he was risen from the dead, and she had been told so by the angels, but she had seen him herself, and was an eyewitness of his resurrection, and which she firmly believed; this she said, not only with all the marks of pleasure, joy and transport, but with an air of assurance and confidence:

and that he had spoken these things unto her;
as that he called them brethren, and bid her go unto them, and acquaint them, that as he was risen, he should in a short time ascend to his Father and theirs, to his God and theirs; all which she faithfully related to them.

Giovanni 20:18 In-Context

16 Gesù le disse: Maria! Ella, rivoltasi, gli disse in ebraico: Rabbunì! che vuol dire: Maestro!

17 Gesù le disse: Non mi toccare, perché non sono ancora salito al Padre; ma va’ dai miei fratelli, e dì loro: Io salgo al Padre mio e Padre vostro, all’Iddio mio e Iddio vostro.

18 Maria Maddalena andò ad annunziare ai discepoli che avea veduto il Signore, e ch’egli le avea dette queste cose.

19 Or la sera di quello stesso giorno, ch’era il primo della settimana, ed essendo, per timor de’ Giudei, serrate le porte del luogo dove si trovavano i discepoli, Gesù venne e si presentò quivi in mezzo, e disse loro:

20 Pace a voi! E detto questo, mostrò loro le mani ed il costato. I discepoli dunque, com’ebbero veduto il Signore, si rallegrarono.