Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
John 20:15
gardener. Greek. kepouros. Occurs only here. Sir. Greek. kurios. App-98. B. b.
if. App-118.
have borne. didst bear.
hast laid. didst lay.
gardener. Greek. kepouros. Occurs only here. Sir. Greek. kurios. App-98. B. b.
if. App-118.
have borne. didst bear.
hast laid. didst lay.
Verse John 20:15. _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,...
CHAPTER 20 _ 1. The Empty Sepulchre. (John 20:1 .)_ 2. The Risen One and Mary of Magdala. (John 20:11 .) 3. The Gathered Company and He in the midst. (John 20:19 .) 4. The Second Time. ...
JESUS AND MARY. Mary has apparently followed the two disciples back to the tomb. After their departure she looks in, and sees a vision of angels (_cf._ Luke 24:4 ff.). Her thoughts are still full of t...
WOMAN, WHY WEEPEST THOU? The same question is asked, first, by the Lord that had been by his angels in the tomb. Mary, still heedless of all but her sorrow, without looking, takes it for granted that...
BEWILDERED LOVE (John 20:1-10)...
But Mary stood weeping outside at the tomb. As she wept she stooped down, and looked into the tomb, and she saw two angels sitting there in white robes, one at the head, and the other at the feet of t...
_the gardener_ Because he was there at that early hour. _if thou have borne him hence_ The omission of the name is very lifelike: she is so full of her loss that she assumes that others must know all...
ΚΗΠΟΥΡΌΣ. Because He was there at that early hour. The omission of His name is again (John 20:7) very natural: she is so full of her loss that she assumes that others know all about it. ΣΎ is emphatic...
THE MANIFESTATION TO MARY MAGDALENE 11–18. It has been noticed that the three manifestations in this Chapter correspond to the three divisions of the Prayer in Chap. 17. Here we see Jesus Himself; in...
Ver 10. Then the disciples went away again to their own home. 11. But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher, 12. And sees two an...
_JESUS APPEARED TO MARY MAGDALENE -- JOHN 20:11-18:_ Mary returned to Jesus' tomb and this time she looked inside and saw two angels dressed in white. They asked her why she was weeping and then after...
ΔΟΚΟΎΣΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΔΟΚΈΩ (G1380) предполагать, ΌΤ (G3754) что, передает содержание веры, ΚΗΠΟΥΡΌΣ (G2780) садовник. ΈΒΆΣΤΑΣΑΣ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΒΑΣΤΆΖΩ (G941) нести, уносить, ΕΊΠΈ _ao...
SHE, SUPPOSING HIM TO BE THE GARDENER, &C.— It is very probable that Jesus might speak low, or in a different way from what he usually did; and Mary's taking him for the gardener, seems to intimate, t...
THE APPEARANCE TO MARY _Text: John 20:11-18_ 11 But Mary was standing without at the tomb weeping: so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb; 12 and she beholdeth two angels in white...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 20:11-23 Below is an Analysis of our present passage:— Our Lord had triumphed o’er the grave, "as he said." Before the sun of this world had risen upon the thir...
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 wil...
6 There is a blessed contrast between the resurrection of Lazarus and the vivification of our Lord. Lazarus saw corruption. Christ saw none. Lazarus was raised bound foot and hand with grave clothes a...
THE RESURRECTION 1-10. The Resurrection. Visits of Mary Magdalene, and of Peter and John to the tomb of Jesus. (For the Resurrection appearances see on the synoptics, especially on St. Matthew; for th...
THE APPEARANCE TO MARY MAGDALENE. This is different from that of Matthew 28:9, but identical with that of Mark 16:9....
SUPPOSING HIM TO BE THE GARDENER] Many did not recognise our Lord at first, because His appearance had undergone a certain change (Matthew 28:17; Mark 16:12; Luke 24:16;...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 20 THE GRAVE IS EMPTY! 20:1-10 V1 On Sunday morning, Mary (who was from Magdala) went to the grave. It was very early a...
SIR, IF THOU HAVE BORNE HIM HENCE... — The word rendered “Sir” is generally a mark of respect, but like the corresponding word in most languages, was also used to a stranger, and even to an inferior....
XXII. _ THE RESURRECTION._ "Now on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb. She runneth therefore, and...
λέγει … ζητεῖς; That she was searching for some one she had lost was obvious from her tears and demeanour. But not even the voice of Jesus sounds familiar. Ἐκείνη … ἀρῶ. She supposed Him to be the gar...
_Jesus reveals Himself to Mary_....
THE JOY OF THE RESURRECTION John 20:11-18 Mary wept with hopeless sorrow, with no thought that Jesus was risen, and anxious only to secure the body of her dear Master and Friend. It is because we kno...
This is the story of a dark morning and a lost Master. The strange excitement of it all is evidenced by the fact that the three disciples named are all seen running. Mary ran to tell the disciples, an...
_If thou hast taken him away. Thinking him, as the evangelist remarks, to be the gardener, how comes it, that without saying whom she sought, she asks if he had taken him away? Because such was the ar...
MARY MAGDALENE AGAIN AT THE SEPULCHER John 20:11-18. “ _And Mary stood at the sepulcher without_, _weeping_, _and while she continued to weep_, _she looked into the sepulcher_, _and saw two angels in...
“ _After having spoken thus, she turned herself back; and she sees Jesus standing there, but without knowing that it was Jesus._ 15. _Jesus says to her, Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She...
2. VV. 11-18. Mary Magdalene has just been for the two chief disciples the messenger announcing the empty sepulchre; she receives the first manifestation of the Lord, and becomes for all the messenge...
FIFTH PART: 20:1-29. THE RESURRECTION. The fourth part of the Gospel has shown us the Jewish people carrying _unbelief_ with reference to Jesus even to complete apostasy, and consummating this spirit...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 1-18. 1. The other women who are represented in the Synoptics as going with Mary Magdalene to the sepulchre are not mentioned here, and the appearance to...
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...
In John 20:1-31 is the resurrection, and this in a remarkable light. No such outward circumstance is here as in Matthew, no soldiers trembling, no walk with disciples, but as ever the person of God's...
15._Lord, if thou hast carried him hence. _She calls him _Lord, _according to the custom of her nation; for the same appellation, _Lord, _( Κύριε (198)) is employed by the Hebrews in addressing labore...
In chapter 20, we have, in a summary of several of the leading facts among those which took place after the resurrection of Jesus, a picture of all the consequences of that great event, in immediate c...
JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, WOMAN, WHY WEEPEST THOU,.... The same question he puts to her, as was put by the angels: adding, WHOM SEEKEST THOU? for she was not only weeping for the loss of him, but was inq...
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...
_And when she had thus said, she turned herself back_ Probably hearing a sudden noise behind her, and being affrighted; _and saw Jesus standing_ Near her; _but knew not that it was Jesus_ His habit be...
SUPPOSING HIM TO BE THE GARDENER; the keeper of the garden in which the body of Jesus was buried. Matthew 27:60....
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...
Jesus appears to Mary:...
THE GRAVE: OPEN AND EMPTY! (vs.1-10) Though others besides Mary of Magdala went together to the grave early on the first day of the week, yet in John she is singled out, a woman devoted, but incredu...
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 th...
Either these words passed before the angels had told her that he was risen, MARK 16:6 LUKE 24:5,6; or (which is most probable) Mary was hard to believe what the angels had told her so lately; but comi...
John 20:15 Jesus G2424 said G3004 (G5719) her G846 Woman G1135 why G5101 weeping G2799 (G5719) Whom...
JESUS' APPEARANCE TO MARY (JOHN 20:11)....
‘Jesus says to her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the garden attendant says to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him...
John 20:15. JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, WOMAN, WHY WEEPEST THOU? WHOM SEEKEST THOU? The object of the questions seems to be, to recall Mary to herself and to awaken more deliberate thought. She is confounde...
The paragraph now before us presents an advance upon that last considered. There we had only preparation for the risen Jesus; here we have Jesus risen. There all was negative: Jesus was not in the tom...
SIR (Κυριε). Clearly not "Lord" here, for she thought him to be "the gardener" (ο κηπουρος), old word (κηποσ, ουρος), keeper of the garden, only here in the N.T.IF THOU HAST BORNE HIM HENCE (ε συ...
John 20:15 Next to the absence of all notice of our Lord's mother, few things are more remarkable in the narrative of the period after the resurrection, than the silence respecting John. I. John was...
John 20:15 Christ the Gardener The mistake which Mary made in supposing Jesus to be the gardener, will suggest some profitable thoughts for Eastertide. "The time being spring," as good Bishop Andrews...
John 20:11 First Appearance of the Risen Lord I. It was a real body that appeared to Mary. "Touch Me not," said Jesus. Then it was _possible_to touch Him. If not, prohibition was unnecessary. Wisdom...
John 20:10 Mary Magdalene at the Sepulchre We may see the following things in this passage: I. Mary's sorrow. (1) She sought for a lost Christ, and looked for Him where He was not to be found. (2)...
John 20:1. _The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher._ Her love for her Lord made her rise e...
John 20:11. _But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the othe...
CONTENTS: Resurrection of Christ. CHARACTERS: Mary Magdalene, Peter, John, two angels, Jesus, disciples, Thomas. CONCLUSION: He who gave His life as a ransom resumed His life again by the mighty pow...
John 20:2. _They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre._ After Mr. WEST had examined with all possible care every circumstance recorded of the resurrection, he in substance remarks, that John...
MARY STOOD CRYING. She thought the body had been stolen. AND SAW TWO ANGELS THERE.' Angels point to something supernormal. SAW JESUS STANDING THERE. The first human to see the; risen Lord was a woman....
_But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping_ LESSONS 1_._ Christians are often sorrowful, when, if they had clearer knowledge and stronger faith, they would rejoice. 2. Angels sympathize with...
_Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou?_ THE RISEN CHRIST AND THE MAGDALENE I. HOW JESUS WAS HIDDEN FROM MARY. There are times when friends are unrecognized because of mental absorption or b...
SUPPOSING Supposing him to be the gardener. John 20:15 Supposing is a great game. Big people have games they play, but none of them equals the children's one of supposing. A lonely child can play i...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 20:1 Chapter John 20:1 covers the aftermath of Jesus’ crucifixion and burial: the empty tomb, the risen Jesus’ encounter with Mary Magdalene, and Jesus’ appearances to his disciples...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 20:15 Mary mistook Jesus for the GARDENER, perhaps because it was not fully light (see v. John 20:1). She may also have turned and seen someone there but had then tu
Jesus rises from the dead Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-11; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18;...
_Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?_ S. Ambrose (_Lib._ iii _. de Virg_.) explains the whole passage minutely: "Woman, why weepest thou? He who believeth not is a woman;...
28-31 CHAPTER 20 VER. 1. _On the first day of the week._ Literally, of the Sabbath, the week being called the Sabbath, after its principal day, or the day of the Pasch. (see on Mat 28:1) _Mary Magda...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ St. John’s narrative of the Resurrection is not general. He describes how _faith_ in the risen Lord was established in his own case and in the case of the other discip...
EXPOSITION JOHN 20:1 2. The complete glorification of Jesus in his resurrection. The record pauses for the awful day of that great sabbath, and resumes the marvelous recital when the greatest event i...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the gospel according to John, chapter 20. The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and she saw the stone was...
1 Samuel 1:16; John 1:38; John 18:4; John 18:7; Luke 24:5;...
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST John 20:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The linen clothes. Before we discuss the resurrection with you, we want you to consider with us the manner in which Christ was wrapped arou...