John 20:11

John 20:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
• New International Version (NIV)Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb.

Context of John 20:11

9They didn’t know yet what Scripture meant when it said that Jesus had to come back to life. 10So the disciples went back home. Mary, however, stood there and cried as she looked at the tomb. As she cried, she bent over and looked inside. 12She saw two angels in white clothes. They were sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying. One angel was where Jesus’ head had been, and the other was where his feet had been. 13The angels asked her why she was crying. Mary told them, “They have removed my Lord, and I don’t know where they’ve put him.”

John 20:11 word by word

Μαρία δὲ εἱστήκει πρὸς τῷ μνημείῳ ἔξω κλαίουσα. ὡς οὖν ἔκλαιεν, παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• MaryΜαρίαMaria Mariam · MaryG3137
• stoodἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• withoutἔξωexō · out/outside(r)G1854
• atπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• the sepulchreὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the sepulchreμνημεῖονmnēmeion · graveG3419
• weepingκλαίωklaiō · to weepG2799
• andοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• she stooped downπαρακύπτωparakuptō · to stoopG3879
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519

Commentaries on John 20:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11But Mary stood without - She remained some time after Peter and John had returned to their own homes.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-12Verses 1-12 For an account of the resurrection of Christ, see the notes at John 20:9 The scripture - See Luke 24:26, Luke 24:46. The sense or meaning of the various predictions that foretold his death, as, for example, Psalm 2:7, compare Acts 13:33; Psalm 16:9-10, compare Acts 2:25-32; Psalm 110:1, compare Acts 2:34-35. For an account of the resurrection of Christ, see the notes at Matthew 28.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. 11-13Even though two angels appeared inside the tomb, it was still a mystery how Jesus disappeared (see Luke 24:4). Why are you weeping?: Sorrow was not the appropriate response in this moment.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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• Friendship
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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