Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

John 20:16

Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

KJV

λέγει αὐτῇ Ἰησοῦς· Μαριάμ. στραφεῖσα ἐκείνη λέγει αὐτῷ Ἑβραϊστί· Ῥαββουνί, ὃ λέγεται διδάσκαλε.

Greek NT

Dicit ei Jesus : Maria. Conversa illa, dicit ei : Rabboni (quod dicitur Magister).

Vulgate

Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turneth herself, and saith unto him in Hebrew, Rabboni; which is to say, Teacher.

ASV

Jesus saith to her: Mary. She turning, saith to him: Rabboni (which is to say, Master).

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Μαρία
maria
noun · 54×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διδάσκαλος
didaskalos
noun · 60×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
στρέφω
strepho
verb · 22×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
Ἑβραϊστί
ebraisti
adverb · 7×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ῥαββονί
rabboni
aramaic_word · 2×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: αὐτῇ | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτῇ | RP: + ὁ
  • αὐτῇ — SBLGNT
  • αὐτῇ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὁ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: Μαριάμ | WH/Treg/NIV: Μαριάμ | RP: Μαρία
  • Μαριάμ — SBLGNT
  • Μαριάμ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Μαρία — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: Ἑβραϊστί | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἑβραϊστί
  • Ἑβραϊστί — SBLGNT
  • Ἑβραϊστί — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

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…
§645By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them in this way to recognize that he is not a ghost and above all to verify that the risen body in which he appears to them is the same body that had been tortured and crucified, for it still bears the traces of his Passion.508 Yet at the same time this authen…
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

  • Acts 9:4 — And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
  • John 3:2 — The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
  • John 10:3 — To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
  • John 20:28 — And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.
  • Matt 23:7 — And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.