Bart Byl on John 19:41-20:18.

The first person the resurrected Christ chooses to appear to is Mary Magdalene, the woman from whom he cast out seven demons. The moment he speaks her name (“Mariam.”) the joy of recognition fills her heart. She had mistaken him for the gardener, but perhaps she spoke better than she knew, for Jesus came to restore us to the tranquility, abundance, and flourishing Eden we had lost in our sin.

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