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你能想起在你痛苦挣扎的时候，你只需要知道一些基本的信息就可以了吗？

在空坟墓前，马利亚既难过又困惑，她只想知道耶稣在哪里。当她“转过身来，看见耶稣站在那里”，她却没有意识到那是耶稣。她以为祂是园丁。

园丁或看门人可能就在这样的墓地里。我也想知道，约翰是否注意到某些重要的细节，并以此提醒人们，救主耶稣也是世界的创造者。

约翰福音的开头讲到了创造，以及耶稣，也就是道，是如何参与其中的。“太初有道，道与神同在，道就是神。这道太初与神同在。万物是藉着祂造的”。（参约 1:1-3；创 1:1-3）而在这卷福音书的末尾，又提到耶稣是墓园的园丁——或许是想要显明，那从创世与神同在的耶稣又复活了，祂重新创造了世界。耶稣从死里复活了，祂正在行一件新事，温柔地照料每一个受造物，为整个受造界带来更新和医治。

当耶稣说出马利亚的名字，她就知道了祂是谁，她很快就告诉其他人：“我已经看见了主！”

Can you think of a time when you were struggling and you simply needed to know some basic information about what was happening?

At the empty tomb, Mary was upset and confused, and she just needed to know where Jesus was. When "she turned around and saw Jesus standing there," she didn't realize it was him. She thought he was the gardener.

Gardeners or caretakers were probably known to be on-site in a graveyard like that one. I wonder, too, if perhaps John saw something important in this detail and included it as a reminder that Jesus the Savior is also the Creator of the world.

The opening lines of the gospel of John talk about creation and how Jesus, the Word (Logos), was actively involved. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made" (John 1:1-3; see Genesis 1:1-3). And near the end of this gospel account John includes this detail about Jesus as the gardener in the graveyard—perhaps to show that Jesus, who was with God at the beginning of creation, is now alive again and re-creating the world. Jesus has been raised from the dead and is doing a new thing, gently tending to each living creature, bringing about renewal and healing for the entire creation.

When Jesus spoke Mary's name, she knew exactly who he was, and she soon went to tell the others, "I have seen the Lord!"