<p>6:30 <em>The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught</em>- The same Greek words are found in Jn. 20:18 of Mary going and telling the disciples. Here, after the &lsquo;taking up of the body&rsquo; of the Lord Jesus and &lsquo;burying&rsquo; it, just as had been done to John&rsquo;s corpse, Mary &ldquo;went and told&rdquo; the disciples. The disciples &ldquo;went and told Jesus&rdquo; of John&rsquo;s death; now, Mary goes to tell the disciples of the Lord&rsquo;s resurrection. The similarity of language and yet the inversion of the ideas is all surely intentional. The intention is to show that the tragedy of John&rsquo;s death was vindicated and gloriously reversed in the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.</p>