Did Mary know Jesus when he first appeared to her?
Matthew: She did ([xxviii, 9]).
John: “She ... knew not that it was Jesus” ([xx, 14]).
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Was she permitted to touch him?
Matthew: “They [Mary Magdalene and her companion] came and held him by the feet” ([xxviii, 9]).
John: “Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not” ([xx, 17]).