she thought, she rushed back to tell the disciples of her discovery. John intensifies the narrative by switching from past to present tense here. Mary literally “comes to the tomb,” “sees the stone,” and “runs and comes to Peter and the Beloved Disciple.” Use of the present tense serves to heighten the sense of urgency as Mary Magdalene hurries to share her grief and anxiety with the disciples. Her outcry, “We do not know” where the body has been laid (v. 2), is a reminder of John’s use of earlier