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John 20:14-18

When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn’t know that it was Jesus.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.

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When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn’t know that it was Jesus.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her. When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn’t know that it was Jesus.

    Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

    Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”

    Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

    Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    When she had thus sayde she turned her selfe backe and sawe Iesus stondynge and knewe not that it was Iesus.

    Iesus sayde vnto her: woman why wepest thou? Whom sekest thou? She supposynge that he had bene the gardener sayde vnto him. Syr yf thou have borne him hence tell me where thou hast layde him that I maye fet him.

    Iesus sayde vnto her: Mary. She turned her selfe and sayde vnto him: Rabboni which is to saye master.

    Iesus sayde vnto her touche me not for I am not yet ascended to my father. But goo to my brethren and saye vnto them I ascende vnto my father and youre father to: my god and youre god.

    Mary Magdalene came and tolde the disciples that she had sene the lorde and that he had spoken soche thinges vnto her.

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  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    When she had thus said, she turned her selfe backe, and sawe Iesus standing, and knewe not that it was Iesus.

    Iesus saith vnto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She supposing that he had bene the gardener, said vnto him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

    Iesus saith vnto her, Marie. She turned her selfe, and said vnto him, Rabboni, which is to say, Master.

    Iesus saith vnto her, Touch me not: for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but goe to my brethren, and say vnto them, I ascend vnto my Father, and to your Father, and to my God, and your God.

    Marie Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seene the Lord, and that he had spoken these things vnto her.

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On vv14–17 14. And seeth Jesus standing It may be asked,…

14. And seeth Jesus standing It may be asked, Whence arose this mistake, that Mary does not recognize Jesus, with whom she must have been intimately acquainted? Some think that he appeared in a different form, but I think that the fault lay rather in the eyes of the women, as Luke (Luke 24:16) says of the two disciples, their eyes were withheld from knowing him We will not say, therefore, that Christ was continually assuming new shapes, like Proteus but that it is in the power of God, who gave eyes to men, to lessen their sharpness of vision whenever he thinks proper, that seeing they may not see.

In Mary we have an example of the mistakes into which the human mind frequently falls. Though Christ presents himself to our view, yet we imagine that he assumes various shapes, so that our senses conceive of any thing rather than of the true Christ; for not only are our powers of understanding liable to be deceived, but they are also bewitched by the world and by Satan, that they may have no perception of the truth.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv14, 17 Jesus witnesseth by his presence, that he is truly…
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv14–18 14 And when she had thus said, she turned…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv14–18 And presently Christ himself appeareth to her, though at…
William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain On vv16, 18 In the former of these verses, Christ makes himself…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv14–18 And when she had thus said,.... As soon as…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv16–17 Jesus saith to her, Mary - With his usual…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv14–18 Verse 14. She turned herself back] Or, εστραφη εις…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv14, 16, 18 Joh 20:14-15. And when she had thus said, she…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv14, 16, 17 Knew not that it was Jesus - She was…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv14–17 It may be asked, why Magdalene, after putting the…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv15–18 Sir, if thou have borne him hence--borne whom? She…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv14–18 14. Turned herself back—Simply her recoil from her stooping…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv14–18 14. And when] Omit ‘and.’ Perhaps she becomes in…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv14–18 (14) And saw Jesus standing, and knew not that…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv14–18 Then follows the simple record of the most wonderful…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv14–17 And when she had thus said, she turned herself…
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v17 Touch me not
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v14 Jesus appears to Mary:
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv14, 16 Jesus said to her
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv14, 16, 17, 18 20:14-15 Jesus, whom Mary mistook for the gardener, repeated…
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