The particulars of his appearance to Mary Magdalene appear in the Fourth Gospel. She was not expecting to see him, and, blinded by her tears, she knew not that it was Jesus until he spoke her name, doubtless in a familiar tone. She turneth herself, and saith unto him in Hebrew, _Rabboni_, which is to say, Master. She _would_ have clung to him. Jesus had told his disciples before his crucifixion that he was to go to the Father. But this event was yet in the future; and when she would detain him, Jesus saith to her, Touch me not (or Take not hold on me) for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren and say to them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and my God, and your God. This would remind _them_ of what he had told them; and would remind _her_, as Peter afterwards was reminded, that she would best manifest her love by willing service. She obeyed. But those to whom she told it, when they heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, disbelieved. (Mark xvi. 17.) The other women after delivering the message of the angels, returned. And behold Jesus met them saying “All Hail.” And they came and took hold of his feet and worshipped him. Then saith Jesus unto them, Fear not: go tell my brethren that they depart into Galilee, and there shall they see me. (Matthew xxviii. 9, 10.) Matthew, speaking in a general way, does not distinguish this appearance from that to Mary Magdalene, but blends the two together. The salutation was different, and the message and the circumstances were different. Nor is it, as Strauss (p. 813) vainly imagines, any objection to the hypothesis of separate appearances, that it involves “a restless running to and fro of the disciples and the women;” for under the intense excitement it could hardly have been otherwise.[7] Jesus joined himself to two of the disciples on their journey to Emmaus, discoursed to them by the way, and made himself known in the breaking of bread. One of them was Cleopas, the other (his name not given) is supposed[8] to have been Luke. When they left Jerusalem, the woman had reported the message from the angel. Peter and John had returned from the tomb, but no one had seen the Risen Lord. The time of their leaving was before Mary Magdalene had told that she had seen the Lord. The day therefore must have been considerably advanced before Jesus appeared to her. It was toward evening, when Jesus sat down with them to meat. Their eyes were opened and they knew him, and he “vanished out of their sight.” And they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together and them that were with them, saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.”