Mary is distraught. She too thinks that someone has taken Jesus’ body. She too does not yet understand what God has done in bringing Jesus to life. This idea that Jesus has risen from the dead is too hard for even His closest associates to comprehend even when He is right there in front of them. There are many people to whom this is the stumbling block of becoming a Christian. They refuse to believe that someone could rise from the dead. It is hard because it goes against what we see and know from life. Yet God is greater than what we see and know. He has power over life and death as we will see next.
