John 20:13

John 20:13 says, And they said unto her, "Woman, why weepest thou."  She saith unto them, " Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid Him."  They were the two angels in the sepulcher.  Mary wasn't afraid of them, nor did she question how they got there evidently.  Peter and John hadn't seen them, and there was no mention of them walking past Mary into the sepulcher, but they were there.  I believe we can conclude they were sent to Mary.  She was very devoted to Jesus, even after His death on the cross.  She didn't know where His body had been taken, and she told the angels her concern.  Verse fourteen adds, And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing there, but knew not that it was Jesus.  She was looking for Jesus in the wrong place.  He was no longer in the tomb but was victorious even over death.  Mary did not recognize Him.  She was looking for a defeated Jesus not a victorious Christ.  We may be guilty of looking for God so strongly where we are sure He is that when He appears to us where He is at that we fail to recognize Him.  We may be looking at the world as if it is defeating God instead of looking to the victorious Jesus.  Verse fifteen continues, Jesus saith unto her, "Woman, why weepest thou?  Whom seekest thou?"  She, supposing Him to be the gardener, saith unto Him, "Sir, if thou hath borne Him hence, tell me where thou hath laid Him, and I will take Him away."  Though she was respectful to the man she thought was the gardener, she was still looking for the body of Jesus.  She was still willing to take responsibility for it.  We need to be careful that we don't get so devoted to doing what we know God wants us to do that we fail to recognize Him when He asks us what we are doing.  Had Mary fully understood Who Jesus was, she would not have been weeping tears of sorrow.  Verse sixteen concludes, Jesus saith unto her, "Mary." She turned herself unto Him and said, "Rabboni;" which is to say Master. Jesus called Mary by her name, and she acknowledged Him for Who He is.  We may sometimes be lost in grief or doubt, but God will not leave us there if we only listen for Him.  When God calls us by name, we cannot doubt that it is Him.  We, like Mary, must acknowledge Him for Who He is.