Did Mary Magdalene Turn Around TWICE? * The Jesus Gospel

Did Mary Magdalene Turn Around Twice?

This book brings up and resolves many issues that were uncovered when placing the records in chronological order.

Let’s take a close look at the positioning of why it appears Mary Magdalene turned around two (2) times. By looking at this record, we can see:

Jesus & Mary Magdalene at the Tomb

Mary Magdalene arrives at the sepulcher weeping (eyes wet and not clear).
She stoops down (Could mean she bent-over or even bent her knees in almost a kneeling position). She may not have had any knee touching the ground.
After she stoops down, she sees two angels and they speak to her, “Woman, why weepest thou?”
Mary responds, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.”
Mary then she “turns herself.” Why would someone turn around when they are facing two angels? The KJV then says, “She turned herself back.” It is possible Mary heard something behind her, remember, she is stooping down here. The NIV says, “She turned around”. If you were stooping down, speaking to Angels, and then heard something behind you, most likely you would simple turn your head around to see what the noise was. It may have startled her. It may not make sense at this point to turn completely around and turn your back to two Angels (Remember, this is the first and only time Mary Magdalene sees an Angel). She may have simply looked over her shoulder.
Mary sees Jesus, but she did not know it was him.
Mary thinks Jesus is the gardener, and asks, “Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.”
Jesus then repeats some of same words the Angels said to Mary “Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou?”
Mary then asks, “Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.”
Jesus calls her name, “Mary.”
The KJV says, “She turned herself” while the NIV, says “She turned toward him.” Now it is clear someone more important than Angels is before Mary and it would make sense at this point for her to turn herself completely around and face Jesus.
It appears that Mary did, indeed, turn herself around partially first from a stooping position, them completely around to a standing position. It is clear she was standing since Jesus asks her not to touch Him.

Stooping at the Tomb

When Peter ran and arrived at the sepulchre, that he also “Stooped Down” in Luke 24:9. An indication the entrance to Jesus’ tomb was higher than what the inside, or that the entrance was too small to walk into.

This is the third time it is noted someone stooped down at the tomb. The first was the Disciple Jesus Loved (See JGV, Appendix 6, The Disciple Jesus Loved) in John 20:5; the Second was Mary Magdalene in John 20:11; and Peter in Luke 24:11.