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1. If, then, it were one and the same Mary in both 22.949 the evangelists, we shall say that the same woman often went to the same place, since she was drawn by the astonishment of the event and the joy at what had happened; therefore, having arrived first and having been the first to see the things in John, she went away hurriedly to the apostles at first, announcing the opening of the tomb; then, having at the same time seen the resurrection, she was distressed, suspecting that the body of Jesus had been taken from the tomb, and not knowing where it had been laid; then she returned a second time with them to the tomb; and when they returned home, she, having been left alone again in the place, stood weeping; then, having stooped down into the tomb, she saw the two angels; afterwards she also sees the Savior himself; who, since she was standing weeping, and was disposed in a human and lowly way, as if his body had been stolen, and was thinking unworthy things about him, first calls her 'woman,' rebuking her and reproaching her for her womanly passion; wherefore he says, 'Woman, why are you weeping?' Then he says to her: 'Mary,' reminding her of herself by her name, and of the words spoken long ago to her and the other disciples concerning his resurrection; but she, coming to her senses, and recognizing who it was from the voice and the power of the word, says, 'Rabboni,' which is interpreted, 'Teacher.'

2. Then, since she was still rushing to approach him as a teacher and not as God, he refuses and rejects her, 'Do not touch me;' for since she was still thinking mortal things, she was not able to touch his divinity; for it was not right for one who was still weeping, and seeking him below around monuments and tombs as if he were a dead man, and thinking lowly and human things about him, to partake of contact with him; wherefore he exposed the reason, for he says that he had not yet ascended, as far as it concerned her, to the Father, since she did not believe this had happened, but thought he was lying dead somewhere; wherefore he says to her: 'Do not touch me,' being such a one and reasoning such things about me; for to you I have not yet been believed to be God; to you I am still reckoned to be below; thus he turned away the one who was weeping and who had supposed him to be the gardener, by means of 'Do not touch me,' rebuking her; as also by calling her 'woman,' and by saying, 'Why are you weeping?' For to weep for the living one, or rather for Life itself, was a mark of extreme ignorance; and by these things he rebuked her; but by the things that followed he taught the theology concerning himself; but she, having been greatly benefited by these things, again departs from the tomb; this is the second time; then, having told the other Mary the things seen in John, she returned with her; this is the third time; and she became a spectator of the things mentioned in Matthew, no longer alone. but with the other Mary; and no longer stooping into the tomb as in John, nor seeing two angels, but one sitting on the stone.

3. Then after these things she sees the Savior again with the other Mary; this is the second time; and she no longer 22.952 hears, 'Do not touch me,' but on the contrary is commanded by him to rejoice instead of weeping; but she is also permitted to touch him, since she also worships him as God; for Jesus says to them, 'Rejoice;' and they, having come forward, took hold of his feet and worshipped him; and thus the holy Gospels are at the same time true, disagreeing in no respect; introducing the same Mary Magdalene both as not touching the Savior at first, when she wept and disbelieved; and as touching him, when she was commanded to rejoice; but that the things reported in John should be considered before those reported in Matthew, we have established through the things previously worked out by us according to one of the interpretations, having clarified how 'late on the Sabbath' is said in Matthew, with the evangelist indicating not the evening hour, but the dawn of the first day of the week; and this was a second one to that reported in John. And let these things have been said, if anyone entirely the

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αʹ. Εἰ μὲν οὖν μία καὶ ἡ αὐτὴ εἴη Μαρία παρ' ἀμ 22.949 φοτέροις τοῖς εὐαγγελισταῖς, λέξομεν ὅτι ἡ αὐτὴ πολλάκις ἐπὶ τὸν αὐτὸν ἀπήντα τόπον, ἐπειδὴ εἷλκεν αὐτὴν ἡ ἔκπληξις τοῦ πράγματος καὶ ἡ ἐπὶ τῷ γεγονότι χαρά· πρώτη τοίνυν ἀπαντήσασα καὶ πρώτη τεθεαμένη τὰ παρὰ τῷ Ἰωάννῃ, ἐσπευσμένως ἀπῄει πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους τὸ πρῶτον, τὴν τοῦ μνήματος ἄνοιξιν ἀπαγγέλλουσα· εἶθ' ἅμα τὴν ἀνάστασιν τεθεαμένη, ἐδυσφόρει ὑπονοοῦσα ἦρθαι τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ μνήματος, μὴ εἰδέναι τε ὅπου τέθειτο· εἶτ' ἐπανῄει δεύτερον σὺν αὐτοῖς ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα· ὡς δ' ἐπέστρεφον οἴκαδε ἐκεῖνοι, μόνη πάλιν ἀπολειφθεῖσα ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, ἔκλαιεν ἑστῶσα· εἶτα τοῦ μνήματος εἴσω διακύψασα, τοὺς δύο ἀγγέλους ἐθεώρει· ἔπειτα καὶ αὐτὸν ὁρᾷ τὸν Σωτῆρα· ὃς, ἐπειδὴ κλαίουσα εἱστήκει, ἀνθρωπίνως δὲ καὶ ταπεινῶς, ὡς ἂν κλαπέντος σώματος αὐτοῦ, διακειμένη, ἀνάξιά τε περὶ αὐτοῦ φρονοῦσα, πρῶτον μὲν αὐτὴν γυναῖκα ὀνομάζει, ἐπιπλήττων αὐτῇ καὶ ὀνειδίζων τὸ γυναικεῖον πάθος· διό φησιν, γύναι, τί κλαίεις; εἶτά φησιν πρὸς αὐτήν· Μαρία· διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτὴν ἑαυτῆς ὑπομιμνήσκων, καὶ τῶν πάλαι πρὸς αὐτήν τε καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς μαθητὰς περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ λόγων· ἡ δ' εἰς συναίσθησιν ἐλθοῦσα, καὶ τί ποτε ἦν ἀπὸ τῆς φωνῆς καὶ τῆς τοῦ λόγου δυνάμεως ἐπιγνοῦσα, Ῥαββουνί φησιν, ὃ μεθερμηνεύεται διδάσκαλε.

βʹ. Εἶτ' ἐπειδὴ ὡς διδασκάλῳ αὐτῷ ἔτι καὶ οὐχ ὡς Θεῷ προσιέναι ὡρμᾶτο, ἀναίνεται καὶ παραιτεῖται αὐτὴν, Μή μου ἅπτου· θνητὰ γὰρ ἔτι φρονοῦσα, οὐχ οἵα τε ἦν τῆς αὐτοῦ θεότητος θίγειν· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄξιον ἦν τὴν ἔτι κλαίουσαν, καὶ κάτω περὶ τὰ μνήματα καὶ τάφους οἷα νεκρὸν ζητοῦσαν αὐτὸν, ταπεινά τε καὶ ἀνθρώπινα περὶ αὐτοῦ δοξάζουσαν, τῆς ἐπαφῆς αὐτοῦ κοινωνεῖν· διὸ τὴν αἰτίαν ἀπήλεγχεν, μὴ γὰρ ἀνεληλυθέναι οὔπω φησὶν, ὅσον τὸ ἐπ' αὐτὴν, πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα, ἐπεὶ μὴ τοῦτ' ἐπίστευσεν γεγονέναι, νεκρὸν δέ που κεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ᾤετο· διό φησιν πρὸς αὐτήν· Μή μου ἅπτου, τοιαύτη τις οὖσα καὶ τοιαῦτα περὶ ἐμοῦ λογιζομένη· σοὶ γὰρ Θεὸς οὔπω πεπίστευμαι· σοὶ ἔτι κάτω εἶναι λελόγισμαι· οὕτω τὴν κλαίουσαν καὶ δόξασαν αὐτὸν εἶναι τὸν κηπουρὸν, διὰ μὲν τοῦ Μή μου ἅπτου ἀπέστρεφεν ἐπιπλήττων αὐτῇ· ὡς καὶ διὰ τοῦ γυναῖκα καλεῖν, καὶ διὰ τοῦ λέγειν, Τί κλαίεις; τὸ γὰρ κλαίειν τὸν ζῶντα, μᾶλλον δὲ τὴν ζωὴν αὐτὴν, ἐσχάτης ἦν ἀμαθίας· καὶ διὰ μὲν τούτων ἐπέπληττεν αὐτῇ· διὰ δὲ τῶν ἑξῆς τὴν καθ' ἑαυτὸν ἐπαίδευεν θεολογίαν· ἡ δ' ἐπὶ τούτοις τὰ μεγάλα ὠφελημένη, πάλιν ἀναχωρεῖ τοῦ μνήματος· τοῦτο δεύτερον· εἶτ' ἐξειποῦσα τῇ ἄλλῃ Μαρίᾳ τὰ τεθεαμένα παρὰ τῷ Ἰωάννῃ, ἐπανῄει σὺν αὐτῇ· τοῦτο τρίτον· καὶ τῶν παρὰ τῷ Ματθαίῳ μνημονευομένων θεωρὸς ἐγίγνετο οὐκέτι μόνη. σὺν δὲ τῇ ἑτέρᾳ Μαρίᾳ· καὶ οὐκέτι εἴσω τοῦ τάφου παρακύπτουσα ὡς παρὰ τῷ Ἰωάννῃ, οὐδὲ δύο ἀγγέλους, ἀλλ' ἕνα πρὸς τῷ λίθῳ καθήμενον ὁρῶσα.

γʹ. Εἶτ' ἐπὶ τούτοις αὐτὸν πάλιν τὸν Σωτῆρα μετὰ τῆς ἄλλης Μαρίας θεωρεῖ· τοῦτο δεύτερον· καὶ οὐκέτι μὲν 22.952 ἀκούει, Μή μου ἅπτου, τοὐναντίον δὲ χαίρειν ἀντὶ τοῦ κλαίειν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ κελεύεται· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἅπτεσθαι αὐτοῦ συγχωρεῖται, ἐπεὶ καὶ προσκυνεῖ αὐτὸν ὡς Θεόν· λέγει γοῦν αὐταῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Χαίρετε· αἱ δὲ προσελθοῦσαι, ἐκράτησαν αὐτοῦ τοὺς πόδας καὶ προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ· καὶ οὕτως ἅμα ἀληθεύει τὰ ἱερὰ Εὐαγγέλια, κατ' οὐδένα λόγον διαφωνοῦντα· τὴν αὐτὴν δὲ Μαρίαν τὴν Μαγδαληνὴν εἰσάγοντα καὶ μὴ ἁπτομένην πρότερον τοῦ Σωτῆρος, ὅτε ἔκλαιε καὶ ἠπίστει· καὶ ἁπτομένην αὐτοῦ, ὅτε χαίρειν ἐκελεύετο· πρῶτα δὲ ἡγεῖσθαι τὰ παρὰ τῷ Ἰωάννῃ δηλούμενα τῶν παρὰ τῷ Ματθαίῳ φερομένων, καὶ διὰ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν γεγυμνασμένων ἡμῖν κατὰ μίαν τῶν ἐκδοχῶν παρεστήσαμεν, διασαφήσαντες ὅπως εἴρηται παρὰ τῷ Ματθαίῳ τὸ ὀψὲ Σαββάτων, οὐ τὴν ἑσπερινὴν ὥραν δηλοῦντος τοῦ εὐαγγελιστοῦ, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἐπιφαύσκοντα εἰς μίαν Σαββάτων· ἦν δ' οὗτος δεύτερος τοῦ παρὰ τῷ Ἰωάννῃ δεδηλωμένου. Καὶ ταῦτα μὲν εἰρήσθω, εἴπερ τις ἐξ ἅπαντος τὴν