John 20

Mary Magdalene Sees the Risen Lord

11 But  * 20:11–18 Mk 16:9–11 Mary stood outside the tomb,  * 20:11 Jn 5:28 crying. As she was crying, she stooped to look into the tomb. 12 She saw two angels  * 20:12 Gn 16:7; Mt 13:49; Ac 5:19; Rv 14:6 in white sitting where Jesus’s body  * 20:12 Lk 12:4; Jn 2:21 had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. 13 They said to her, "Woman, why are you crying? "

"Because they’ve taken away my Lord,"  * 20:13 Lk 10:1; 1Co 8:6 she told them, "and I don’t know where they’ve put him."

14 Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know it was Jesus.  * 20:14 Jn 21:415 "Woman," Jesus said to her, "why are you crying? Who is it that you’re seeking? "

Supposing he was the gardener, she replied, "Sir, if you’ve carried him away, tell me where you’ve put him, and I will take him away."

16 Jesus said to her, "Mary."

Turning around, she said to him in Aramaic,  * 20:16 Or Hebrew"Rabboni! "  — which means "Teacher."  * 20:16 Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11

17 "Don’t cling to me," Jesus told her, "since I have not yet ascended* 20:17 Lk 24:51; Jn 3:13; 6:62; Ac 1:9–11; 2:33–34; Rm 10:6; Eph 1:20–21; 4:8; 1Pt 3:22to the Father.* 20:17 Mt 5:16; 11:27; Jn 8:42But go to my brothers* 20:17 Ac 9:30and tell them that I am ascending to my Father* 20:17 Jn 14:12and your Father, to my God* 20:17 Mt 27:46and your God."

18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord! "  * 20:18 Mk 16:10 And she told them what  * 20:18 Lit these things he had said to her.