Father Noel Alexandre's Literal Commentary on 1 Peter 1:3-9

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 Translated by Qwen. 1 Pet 1:3–4: The Blessing of Regeneration "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has regenerated us unto a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you." We ought to give immortal thanks to God, to offer Him continually the sacrifice of praise, on account of His infinite goodness toward His elect. It belongs to the Eternal Father to choose the members of His Son, the adopted children who are co-heirs with the Only-Begotten. Let us seek no other reason for this election than mercy, whose greatness cannot be worthily expressed in human words. He who spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all. Us, unworthy sinners, His enemies, deserving of eternal punishments, He has regenerated through Baptism; and, the oldness which we had contracted from Adam in our first birth being abolished, He ...
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Father MacEvilly's Commentary on John 20:1-8

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Text in purple is Fr. MacEvilly's paraphrase.

Jn 20:1.  And on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre: and she saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 

AND on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre: and she saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 

“And on the first day of the week” (see Matthew 28:1), “Mary Magdalen,” accompanied by others, whose names are given by the other Evangelists. Magdalen was the principal among them.
“Cometh early, when it was yet dark”—in the early twilight—“to see the sepulchre,” and anoint the body of Jesus, as we are informed by the other Evangelists (Luke 24:1; Mark 16:1).
“And she saw the stone taken away.” This was done by the angels (Matthew 28), who announced our Lord’s Resurrection (see the other Evangelists). This, however, Magdalen understood not, as appears from the following.

Jn 20:2. She ran therefore and cometh to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved and saith to them: They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre: and we know not where they have laid him.

 She ran therefore and cometh to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved and saith to them: They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre: and we know not where they have laid him.  

“She ran, therefore,” etc. She and her companions ran to inform Simon Peter, whom they knew to be constituted by our Lord the head of the Apostolic College.
“And to the other disciple,” etc., whom they naturally supposed to be most solicitous about His Divine Master.

Jn 20:3. Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple: and they came to the sepulchre. 
Jn 20:4.  And they both ran together: and that other disciple did outrun Peter and came first to the sepulchre. 

3 Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple: and they came to the sepulchre. 
4 And they both ran together: and that other disciple did outrun Peter and came first to the sepulchre. 

The other disciple, being younger and more active, outran Peter and arrived first.

Jn 20:5  And when he stooped down, he saw the linen cloths lying: but yet he went not in. 
Jn 20:6  Then cometh Simon Peter, following him, and went into the sepulchre: and saw the linen cloths lying, 
Jn 20:7And the napkin that had been about his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but apart, wrapped up into one place. 

5 And when he stooped down, he saw the linen cloths lying: but yet he went not in. 
6 Then cometh Simon Peter, following him, and went into the sepulchre: and saw the linen cloths lying, 
7 And the napkin that had been about his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but apart, wrapped up into one place.  

“Went not in,” out of deference for his senior and superior, he made way for him, to enter first.
“Went into the sepulchre.” The terrified guards fled, leaving the place unprotected.

Jn 20:8 Then that other disciple also went in, who came first to the sepulchre: and he saw and believed.  

8 Then that other disciple also went in, who came first to the sepulchre: and he saw and believed. 

“Believed,” in the Resurrection of our Lord. He remembered our Lord’s prediction and promises on this head, and now fully understood them. Peter, it seems, was more tardy in his belief. Our Lord mercifully permitted His followers to be thus confused and tardy in their belief, and to entertain misgivings regarding His Resurrection; so that thus every circumstance connected with this fundamental article of Christian belief, which is the chief foundation of Christian faith, should be thoroughly sifted; and no grounds for doubt or cavil left to future generations.

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