I don’t exactly know why this stuck out in my mind. Peter and John, who had not believed Mary when she said the tomb was empty, came themselves and then they believed what she said. The saw the stone rolled away, the saw the empty grave clothes, then the men went home and Mary stood there crying.
This seems like the ultimate Mars/Venus moment. The guys went home and the woman stood there crying. Being guys perhaps they thought, “Well, He’s gone, time to get back to life.” Mary, being a woman, was all emotional and didn’t know what to do with herself. Maybe the men went home in fear of being arrested for stealing the body. Maybe they went back to tell the others, which we know they eventually did, for they meet together in the evening.
One thing is certain, by being “guys” they missed the blessing of seeing the risen Saviour when Mary did. Perhaps we should consider being more like Mary and giving God a chance to work before we act.
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