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John 20:18

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

KJV

ἔρχεται Μαριὰμ ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ἀγγέλλουσα τοῖς μαθηταῖς ὅτι ἑώρακα τὸν κύριον, καὶ ταῦτα εἶπεν αὐτῇ.

Greek NT

Venit Maria Magdalene annuntians discipulis : Quia vidi Dominum, et hæc dixit mihi.

Vulgate

Mary Magdalene cometh and telleth the disciples, I have seen the Lord; and that he had said these things unto her.

ASV

Mary Magdalen cometh and telleth the disciples: I have seen the Lord; and these things he said to me.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Μαγδαληνή
magdalene
noun · 12×
Μαρία
maria
noun · 54×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἀπαγγέλλω
apaggello
verb · 47×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: Μαριὰμ | WH/Treg/NIV: Μαριὰμ | RP: Μαρία
  • ΜαριὰμSBLGNT
  • ΜαριὰμWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ΜαρίαRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἀγγέλλουσα | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀγγέλλουσα | RP: ἀπαγγέλλουσα
  • ἀγγέλλουσαSBLGNT
  • ἀγγέλλουσαWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀπαγγέλλουσαRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: Ἑώρακα | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἑώρακα | RP: ἑώρακεν
  • ἙώρακαSBLGNT
  • ἙώρακαWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἑώρακενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 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…

Cross-references

  • John 20:1 — The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
  • John 20:1 — The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
  • 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.
  • Luke 24:22 — Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
  • Mark 16:10 — And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
  • Mark 16:10 — And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
  • Matt 27:56 — Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.
  • Matt 28:10 — Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.