John 20:1,2 - The stone had been taken away from the tomb

20:1

We now come to the resurrection. The death and the resurrection are inextricably linked. Of course, if Jesus had not died there could be no resurrection! But the death without the resurrection is meaningless. As Paul says, if He is not raised then we are still dead in our sins (1 Cor 15:17). If we look at the cross as the death of an innocent victim then we badly misunderstand what was happening. Jesus was not a victim. He willingly took upon Himself our sins, He willingly laid down His life. The cross was a deliberate act on the part of Christ. And having laid down His life, Jesus took it up again. So the first witnesses were women, and Mary Magdalene was the first. She came to the tomb and so that the stone had been taken away.

20:2

Mary ran to Peter and “the other disciple” (probably John). The probable reason for John using terms like “the disciple whom Jesus loved” and “the other disciple” to refer to himself was that he had no wish to exalt himself in any way. She tells them that they had taken away the body of Jesus and they did not know where they had put him. It seems that Mary assumed that “they” was either the Roman or the Jewish authorities, and that they had moved the body for some reason.