Women of Note in the New Testament
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“Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen:
remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying,
The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and
be crucified, and the third day rise again.”—
The Desire of Ages, 788,
789 (1898)
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“Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept,
she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels
in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the
body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest
thou? She said unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord,
and I know not where they have laid him.”
Feeling that she must find someone who will tell her what has
been done with Jesus, Mary turns away even from the words of the
angels. As she does so, another voice addresses her: “Woman, why
weepest thou?” Through her tear-dimmed eyes, Mary sees one whom
she supposes to be the gardener. “Sir,” she says, “if thou have borne
him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
Jesus saith unto her, Mary.” At the familiar voice, she turns to Him.
She knows now that it is no stranger who speaks. Before her she sees
the living Saviour. She springs toward Him, as if to embrace His feet,
saying, “Rabboni.” But the Saviour raises His hand and says, “Touch
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me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren,
and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to
my God, and your God.”—
The Youth’s Instructor, July 21, 1898
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“Go your way,” the angels had said to the women, “tell his disciples
and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him,
as he said unto you”....
[The message was repeated a second time:] “Tell his disciples and
Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him.”
All the disciples had forsaken Jesus, and the call to meet Him again
includes them all. He has not cast them off. When Mary Magdalene
told them she had seen the Lord, she repeated the call to the meeting
in Galilee. And a third time the message was sent to them. After He
had ascended to the Father, Jesus appeared to the other women, saying,
“All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped
Him. Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren
that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see Me.”—
The Desire of
Ages, 793 (1898)
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