NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 16

John 20:16

World English Bible Updated

Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”

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John 20:16 in context

John 20:13–19

13

They asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”

She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid him.”

14

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

15

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.”

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Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”

17

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.’”

18

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

19

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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Source notes

Notes from World English Bible Updated

  1. Rabboni is a transliteration of the Aramaic word for “great teacher.”
  2. or, Master

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