John 20:15 BSB — MannaFest

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 will get Him.”

BSB

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ASV

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

KJV

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

HOMILY 87, ON JOHN 1.1-14 (420)

When Mary Magdalene had seen the Lord and thought that he was the gardener … she was mistaken, indeed, in her vision, but the very error had its prototype. Truly, indeed, Jesus was the gardener of his paradise, of his trees of paradise. "She thought that he was the gardener" and wanted to fall at his feet. What does the Lord say to her? "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father." Do not touch me. You do not deserve to touch the one you looked for in a grave.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It should seem, this was the first word Christ spoke after his resurrection: " Why weepest thou? I am risen." The resurrection of Christ has enough in it to ally all our sorrows, to check the streams, and dry up the fountains, of our tears.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Supposing him to be the gardener - Κηπουρος, the inspector or overseer of the garden, from κηπος, a garden, and ουρος, an inspector - the person who had the charge of the workmen, and the care of the produce of the garden; and who rendered account to the owner. And I will take him away - How true is the proverb, Love feels no load!

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2956: “A Handkerchief” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1905)

IN the Garden of Eden, immediately after the Fall, the sentence of sorrow and of sorrow multiplied, fell upon the woman. In the garden where Christ had been buried, after His Resurrection, the news of comfort—comfort rich and Divine—came to a woman through the woman's promised Seed, the Lord Jesus Christ. If the sentence must fall heavily upon the woman, so must the comfort come most sweetly to her. I will not say that the Resurrection reversed the curse of the Fall, but, at any rate, it took the sting out of it, lifted it up and sanctified it!

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

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγει	legei	Says	G3004 →
αὐτῇ	autēa	to her	G846 →
Ἰησοῦς·	Iēsous	Jesus;	G2424 →
γύναι,	gunai	Woman,	G1135 →
τί	ti	why	G5101 →
κλαίεις;	klaieis	do you weep?	G2799 →
τίνα	tina	Whom	G5101 →
ζητεῖς;	zēteis	do you seek?	G2212 →
ἐκείνη	ekeinē	She	G1565 →
δοκοῦσα	dokousa	thinking	G1380 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
κηπουρός	kēpouros	gardener	G2780 →
ἐστιν	estin	He is	G1510 →
λέγει	legei	she says	G3004 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to Him;	G846 →
κύριε,	kurie	Sir,	G2962 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
σὺ	su	you yourself	G4771 →
ἐβάστασας	ebastasas	carried off	G941 →
αὐτόν,	auton	him,	G846 →
εἰπέ	eipe	do tell	G2036 →
μοι	moi	me	G3165 →
ποῦ	pou	where	G4226 →
ἔθηκας	ethēkas	you have laid	G5087 →
αὐτόν,	auton	Him,	G846 →
κἀγὼ	kagō	and I myself	G1473 →G2532 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
ἀρῶ.	arō	will take away.	G142 →

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

The walk

The walk8

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 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?”
leads to
- Proverbs 8:34
  Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 18:7
  So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
- John 3:2
  He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were…
- John 1:49
  “Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
- Psalms 27:4
  One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
Through
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.”
leads to
- John 16:20–22
  Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
Through
1 Samuel 1:16
Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 2:12
  Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
Through
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.
leads to
- Romans 13:11
  And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

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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