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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.

Μαρία
maria
noun · 54×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κλαίω
klaio
verb · 40×
μνημεῖον
mnemeion
noun · 37×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
παρακύπτω
parakupto
verb · 4×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἔξω
exo
adverb · 62×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: τῷ μνημείῳ ἔξω κλαίουσα | WH/Treg/NIV: τῷ μνημείῳ ἔξω κλαίουσα | RP: τὸ μνημεῖον κλαίουσα ἔξω
  • τῷ μνημείῳ ἔξω κλαίουσαSBLGNT
  • τῷ μνημείῳ ἔξω κλαίουσαWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τὸ μνημεῖον κλαίουσα ἔξωRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§641Mary Magdalene and the holy women who came to finish anointing the body of Jesus, which had been buried in haste because the Sabbath began on the evening of Good Friday, were the first to encounter the Risen One.497 Thus the women were the first messengers of Christ's Resurrection for the apostles themselves.498 They were the next to whom Jesus appears: first Peter, then the Tw…
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, came Jesus and stood in the midst. Calvin shows the resurrection appearances as demonstrations of Christ's victory over death. Thomas's confession — "My Lord and my God!" — is one of the clearest declarations of Christ's deity in all of Scripture. Christ's breathing upon the disciples and saying "Receive ye the Holy…

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.