And they say 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.
And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? - You would think the vision too much for a lone woman. But absorbed in the one Object of her affection and pursuit, she speaks out her grief without fear.
She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him
- the very words she had used to Peter and John (John 20:2) are here repeated to the bright visitants from the world of light: q.d., 'Can I choose but weep when thus bereft?'