A Life of St. John for the Young

Chapter 28

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JOHN AT THE TOMB

John and Mary Magdalene--Mary's Mistaken Inference--Her Report to Peter and John--Their Hastening Toward the Tomb--John Alone at the Tomb--Silent Witnesses--Peter's Entry and Discovery--John Within the Tomb--The Rolled Napkin--Seeing and Believing--Lingering in the Tomb--The Return from the Tomb--Weeping Mary--Silence of Angels--Mary and the Angels--Jesus Unknown to Mary--"Mary" and "Rabboni"--John's Two Records of Mary--Day of Days--Evening Benedictions--Pierced Side--Close of John's Gospel 204