Show Don't Tell: John 20:11-18

Instead of saying "Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene," hear her name spoken. Now Mary stands outside the tomb crying. As she weeps, she bends over to look into the tomb and sees two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body has been, one at the head and the other at the foot. "Woman, why are you crying?" "They have taken my Lord away, and I don't know where they have put him." At this, she turns around and sees Jesus standing there, but she does not realize that it is Jesus. "Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?" Thinking he is the gardener: "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him." Jesus says to her: "Mary." One word—her name—and she recognizes him. She turns toward him and cries out in Aramaic: "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher). "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'" Mary Magdalene goes to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord!" And she tells them that he has said these things to her.