John 20:11
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
KJV
Μαρὶαμ δὲ εἱστήκει πρὸς τῷ μνημείῳ ἔξω κλαίουσα. ὡς οὖν ἔκλαιεν παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον,
Greek NT
Maria autem stabat ad monumentum foris, plorans. Dum ergo fleret, inclinavit se, et prospexit in monumentum :
Vulgate
But Mary was standing without at the tomb weeping: so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb;
ASV
But Mary stood at the sepulchre without, weeping. Now as she was weeping, she stooped down and looked into the sepulchre,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- τῷ μνημείῳ ἔξω κλαίουσα — SBLGNT
- τῷ μνημείῳ ἔξω κλαίουσα — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τὸ μνημεῖον κλαίουσα ἔξω — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- John 16:6 — But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
- John 19:25 — Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
- John 20:5 — And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
- Luke 24:4 — And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
- Luke 24:10 — It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
- Mark 16:5 — And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.