John 20:13 BSB — MannaFest

John 20:13

“Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked. “Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.”

BSB

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ASV

And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.

KJV

And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 12 (444)

Observe that the tears let fall for Christ do not lose their reward, nor is it long before love for Him bears fruit; rather will His grace and rich requital follow closely in the wake of pain. For, behold, as Mary was sitting there, her cheeks bedewed with mourning for her beloved Lord Whom she had lost, the Saviour vouchsafed unto her the knowledge of the mystery concerning Him, by the mouth of holy angels.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

They have taken away - That is the disciples or friends of Jesus who had laid him there. Perhaps it was understood that the body was deposited there only to remain over the Sabbath, with an intention then of removing it to some other place of burial. Hence, they hastened early in the morning to make preparation, and Mary supposed they had arrived before her and had taken him away.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Woman, why weepest thou?--You would think the vision too much for a lone woman. But absorbed in the one Object of her affection and pursuit, she speaks out her grief without fear. Because, &c.--that is, Can I choose but weep, when "they have taken away," &c., repeating her very words to Peter and John.

Modern Voices1 voice

G.K. Chesterton

1874–1936

The Everlasting Man, Part II Ch. 3 "The Strangest Story in the World" (1925)

What they were looking at was the first day of a new creation, with a new heaven and a new earth; and in a semblance of the gardener God walked again in the garden, in the cool not of the evening but the dawn.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
λέγουσιν	legousin	say	G3004 →
αὐτῇ	autēa	to her	G846 →
ἐκεῖνοι·	ekeinoi	they;	G1565 →
γύναι,	gunai	Woman,	G1135 →
τί	ti	why	G5101 →
κλαίεις;	klaieis	weep you?	G2799 →
λέγει	legei	She says	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
ὅτι	hoti	Because	G3754 →
ἦραν	ēran	they have taken away	G142 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
κύριόν	kurion	Lord	G2962 →
μου,	mou	of mine,	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
οἶδα	oida	I know
ποῦ	pou	where	G4226 →
ἔθηκαν	ethēkan	they have laid	G5087 →
αὐτόν.¶	auton	Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 2:4
“Woman, why does this concern us?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
leads to
- John 7:6
  Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
- John 13:1
  It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world,…
- John 7:30
  So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- John 8:20
  He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- John 12:23
  But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
Through
John 20:15
“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I…
leads to
- John 18:7
  So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
- Song of Solomon 3:2
  I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
- John 1:38
  Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John