John 20:18

John 20:18
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A carved wooden statue of Saint Mary Magdalene holding an ointment jar, taken aback at finding the tomb empty (c. 1480-1530, late Gothic-Northern Renaissance)
Book	Gospel of John
Christian Bible part	New Testament

John 20:18 is the eighteenth

Content

The original Koine Greek, according to the Textus Receptus, reads:^[1]

ἔρχεται Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ἀπαγγέλλουσα τοῖς μαθηταῖς ὅτι ἑώρακεν τὸν κύριον καὶ ταῦτα εἶπεν αὐτῇ

In the King James Version of the Bible it is translated as:

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

The modern World English Bible translates the passage as:

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

For a collection of other versions see BibleHub John 20:18

Analysis

The account given in the Gospel of John differs from those in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, while all four describe the meeting between Mary and the disciples, and mention other appearances by Jesus. In Mark 16:7 and

John does not record how the disciples responded Mary's message, but it can be assumed that the reaction may not be any better than when they heard the women's report about the empty tomb (Luke 24:9–11).^[4]

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