She should not reveal Him openly, because He did not reveal Himself that way. To reveal the mystery of the Lord to everyone, without the will of the Lord, seemed to her bold. And she was silent. Such could be the considerations and such were the reasons for fear, which closed the mouths of Mary Magdalene and Mary of James in the presence of all the women and disciples. It is amazing that we can find some indirect indications from the Evangelist Mark himself that Mary Magdalene, having kept silent in the general assembly of everyone, later reported everything when only the closest disciples of the Lord had gathered. Having mentioned that the wives said nothing about what they were commanded (Mark 16:8), he then says quite unexpectedly, as if without connection with the previous one: "Rising early on the first day of the week, Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he cast out seven demons, she went and announced to those who were with him, weeping and weeping (Mark 16:9-10)." Obviously, there is a connection here, namely a connection of impressions. At first, that is, in the presence of everyone, Mary Magdalene and Mary of James were silent about what they saw and heard, because they were afraid of inaccurately fulfilling the will of the Lord. Later, when some of those who were with him, i.e. His closest disciples, gathered, Mary Magdalene told about the appearance of the risen Lord to her.

VII

Let us now fill this general skeleton with the fullness of content and try to reproduce the whole event in its vital integrity, taking advantage of all the convergences that we have seen and all the indications that we find in the Evangelists.

Late on Saturday, when the first day of the week was shining, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the Sepulchre (Matt. 28:1).

After watching it and finding out what she needed, Mary Magdalene returned.

Since the Sabbath had already passed, she, Mary of James and Salome bought spices to anoint Jesus in the morning (Mark 16:1).

Meanwhile, the "other" Mary was at the Sepulchre.

And behold, there was a great earthquake, and the angel of the Lord, who had come down from heaven, came and rolled away the stone from the door of the Sepulchre, and sat down on it. Those who guarded him were shaken with fear of him, and became as dead (Matt. 28:2-4).

And Mary Magdalene, after buying fragrances, leaving her friends, again hurries to the Sepulchre. Having overtaken the Galilean women who were also going there, she came to the Sepulcher early in the morning on the first day of the week, when it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the Sepulchre.

Under this impression she runs and comes to Simon Peter and to another disciple whom Jesus loved, and says to them, "They have taken Gosiod out of the Sepulchre, and we do not know where they have laid Him." Hearing this, Peter went out, as well as the other disciple, and went to the Sepulcher (John 20:1-3).

At the time when Mary Magdalene ran to Peter and John, the Galilean women who followed her approached the Sepulchre, carrying the prepared aromas. It had just dawn on the first day of the week when they arrived. And they found the stone scorched from the Sepulchre, and when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, while they were perplexed about these things, that behold, two men stood before them in robes of resplendour, and when they were in fear, and bent their faces to the ground, they said to them, Why do you seek the living with the dead? He is not here, but he has risen; remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinners, and be crucified, and rise again on the third day." And they remembered His words, and departed from the Sepulchre, that when they returned, they might declare all these things to the eleven and to all the rest (Luke 24:1-9).

Meanwhile, Peter and John were hurrying with Mary Magdalene to the Sepulchre. They both ran together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and came to the Sepulchre first, and, bending down, saw the swaddling clothes lying there, but he did not enter inside. Simon Peter also came after him and entered the Sepulchre, and saw the swaddling clothes lying there, and the cloth that was on Her head, not lying together with the swaddling clothes, but specially rolled in one place. Then another disciple, who had come first to the Sepulchre, also entered, and was convinced: they did not yet know the Scriptures, that He was to rise from the dead. And the disciples went back to their home (John 20:4-10).

Mary stood weeping at the Sepulchre. And while she was weeping, she bent down into the Tomb and saw two angels in white, sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus lay. And they said to her, "Wife, why do you weep?" she said to them, "They have taken my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him." And when she had said these things, she turned back, and saw Jesus standing, and did not recognize him. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" Who are you looking for? She, thinking that it was the gardener, said to Him: "Lord, if you have carried Him out, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him." Jesus said to her, "Mary! Turning, she says to Him. Rabbi, that is, the Teacher! Jesus said to her, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father, but go to my brethren and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and to your God.' And obeying the word, Mary Magdalene goes to tell her disciples that she had seen the Lord, and this is what He said to her (John 20:11-18).

And the early morning of the first day of the week was getting lighter and brighter, and the sun was already rising. Mary Magdalene's friends, who bought fragrances with her, Mary Jacob and Salome, and after them the other Mary, come to the Sepulchre at this time. And they said among themselves, Who shall roll away the stone from the door of the Sepulchre?