John 20:14

John 20:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
• New International Version (NIV)At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus.

Context of John 20:14

12She saw two angels there. They were wearing white clothes. They were sitting where Jesus' dead body had been. One angel was sitting where Jesus' head had been. The other angel was sitting where his feet had been. 13They asked her, ‘Woman, why are you crying?’ She replied, ‘They have taken away my Lord. I do not know where they have put him.’ When she had said this, she turned round. She saw a man who was standing there. It was Jesus, but she did not recognize him. 15Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?’ Mary thought that he was the gardener. So she said, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away somewhere, please tell me. Tell me where you have put him. Then I will go and I will take him away.’ 16Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ She turned towards him and she said in the Jewish language, ‘Rabboni!’ (This means ‘Teacher’.)

John 20:14 word by word

ταῦτα εἰποῦσα ἐστράφη εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω καὶ θεωρεῖ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἑστῶτα καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• when she hadλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• thusοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• she turned herselfστρέφωstrephō · to turnG4762
• ·εἰςeis · towardG1519
• backὀπίσωopisō · afterG3694
• sawθεωρέωtheōreō · to see/experienceG2334
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• standingἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• knewεἴδωeidō · to perceive: knowG1492
• notοὐou · noG3756
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• it wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510

Cross-references for John 20:14

• Matthew 28:9At that moment, Jesus met the two women and he said, ‘Hello.’ They went near to him. They held on to his feet and they worshipped him.
• Mark 16:9[Jesus became alive again early on the first day of the week. He appeared first to Mary from Magdala. Jesus had caused seven bad spirits to leave her.
• John 8:59Then they picked up stones. They wanted to throw them at him and kill him. But Jesus hid himself from them. He went away from the temple.
• John 21:4Early in the morning, Jesus was standing on the shore of the lake. But the disciples did not know that it was Jesus who stood there.
• Mark 16:12After these things had happened, Jesus appeared to two other disciples. They were walking away from Jerusalem to their village. It seemed to them that Jesus was different.
• Luke 4:30But Jesus walked through the middle of the crowd and he went away.
• Luke 24:16They saw him, but for some reason they did not recognize him.

Commentaries on John 20:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14She turned herself back - Or, , she was turned back, i.e. to go again with the other women to Jerusalem, who had already departed; but she had not as yet gone so far as to be out of the garden. Knew not that it was Jesus - John has here omitted what the angels said to the women, about Christ's being risen; probably because it was so particularly related by the other evangelists: Matthew 28:5-7; Mark 16:6, Mark 16:7; Luke 24:5-7. Mary was so absorbed in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Knew not that it was Jesus - She was not expecting to see him. It was yet also twilight, and she could not see distinctly.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-18Verses 11-18 We are likely to seek and find, when we seek with affection, and seek in tears. But many believers complain of the clouds and darkness they are under, which are methods of grace for humbling their souls, mortifying their sins, and endearing Christ to them. A sight of angels and their smiles, will not suffice, without a sight of Jesus, and God's smiles in him. None know, but those who have tasted it, the sorrows of a deserted soul, which has…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-15Mary thought Jesus was the gardener. Jesus repeated the angel’s question and asked, "Whom are you seeking?" Jesus wanted Mary to think. At this point Mary was looking for the body of Jesus, but she was about to meet the living Christ.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1511-15. But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping, &c.--Brief was the stay of those two men. But Mary, arriving perhaps by another direction after they left, lingers at the spot, weeping for her missing Lord. As she gazes through her tears on the open tomb, she also ventures to stoop down and look into it, when lo! "two angels in white" (as from the world of light, and see on Mt 28:3) appear to her in a "sitting" posture, "as having finished some…Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings