John 20:18

John 20:18

16 Jesus said to her, ^a“Mary!” She turned and said to¹ Him, “Rabboni!” (which is to say, Teacher).

17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ^aascended to My Father; but go to ^bMy brethren and say to them, ^c‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to ^dMy God and your God.’ ”

18 ^aMary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.

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19 ^aThen, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were¹ assembled, for ^bfear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, ^c“Peace be with you.”

20 When He had said this, He ^ashowed them His hands and His side. ^bThen the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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And telleth (aggellousa). Present active participle, "announcing."

I have seen the Lord (ewraka ton kurion). Perfect active indicative of oraw. She will always carry in her heart that vision (picture) of the Risen Christ. She tells this fact before she delivers Christ's message to the brethren of Christ.

How that. No word in the Greek, but a conjunction like wv is implied. oti here is recitative. The disciples (brethren) did not believe Mary's story nor that of the other women (Luke 24:11; Mark 16:11). Paul does not mention the vision to Mary or the women in I Corinthians 15:5-7. But Mary Magdalene was the first one to see the Risen Lord.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 20:18:**

Mark 16:9
John 20:25
Acts 1:14

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