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约翰福音 20:15

耶穌對她說:“婦人,你為甚麼哭?你找誰呢?”馬利亞以為耶穌是園丁,就對他說:“先生,如果是你把他挪去了,請告訴我你把他放在甚麼地方,我好去搬回來。”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Art;   Friendship;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Love;   Mary;   Trouble;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Arts and Crafts;   Dead, the;   Gardeners;   Mary;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Arts of the;   Gardens;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Resurrection;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Angel;   Resurrection;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Resurrection of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Tammuz;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Death, Second;   Garden;   Hour;   John, the Gospel of;   Mary;   Resurrection of Jesus Christ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Considerateness;   Eschatology;   Garden ;   Judas Iscariot (2);   Manifestation;   Manuscripts;   Marks Stigmata;   Mary;   Questions and Answers;   Tears;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Garden, Gardener;   Mary Magdalene ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;   Ma'ry Magdalene;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Mary;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Christ, the Exaltation of;   Gardener;   Papyrus;   Sir;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 1;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
耶 稣 问 他 说 : 妇 人 , 为 甚 麽 哭 ? 你 找 谁 呢 ? 马 利 亚 以 为 是 看 园 的 , 就 对 他 说 : 先 生 , 若 是 你 把 他 移 了 去 , 请 告 诉 我 , 你 把 他 放 在 那 里 , 我 便 去 取 他 。

Contextual Overview

11 But Mary stood outside the tomb, crying. As she was crying, she bent down and looked inside the tomb. 12 She saw two angels dressed in white, sitting where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?" She answered, "They have taken away my Lord, and I don't know where they have put him." 14 When Mary said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know it was Jesus. 15 Jesus asked her, "Woman, why are you crying? Whom are you looking for?" Thinking he was the gardener, she said to him, "Did you take him away, sir? Tell me where you put him, and I will get him." 16 Jesus said to her, "Mary." Mary turned toward Jesus and said in the Hebrew language, "Rabboni." (This means "Teacher.") 17 Jesus said to her, "Don't hold on to me, because I have not yet gone up to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going back to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'" 18 Mary Magdalene went and said to the followers, "I saw the Lord!" And she told them what Jesus had said to her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

whom: John 1:38, John 18:4, John 18:7, Song of Solomon 3:2, Song of Solomon 6:1, Matthew 28:5, Mark 16:6, Luke 24:5

if: 1 Samuel 1:16, Matthew 12:34

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:15 - What 1 Samuel 1:8 - why weepest Song of Solomon 3:3 - Saw Ezekiel 34:31 - ye my Luke 7:13 - Weep not John 2:4 - Woman John 6:24 - seeking John 19:41 - and in John 20:2 - They have taken John 20:13 - why

Cross-References

Genesis 13:9
We should separate. The whole land is there in front of you. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left."
Genesis 34:10
You can live in the same land with us. You will be free to own land and to trade here."
Genesis 47:6
and you may choose any place in Egypt for them to live. Give your father and your brothers the best land; let them live in the land of Goshen. And if any of them are skilled shepherds, put them in charge of my sheep and cattle."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 inquiring after him, if anyone saw him removed from thence, and where he was carried:

she supposing him to be the gardener; that had the care of the garden, in which the sepulchre was; for not the owner of the garden, who was Joseph, but the keeper of it is meant; she could not imagine that Joseph should be there so early in the morning, but might reasonably think the gardener was:

saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away; she addresses him, though she took him to be but the gardener, in a very civil and courteous manner; which was rightly judged, especially since she had a favour to ask of him: she does not mention the name of her Lord, but imagined he knew who she meant, being so lately buried there; and suggests, that perhaps it might not have been so agreeable to the gardener to have his body lie there, and therefore had removed it; and would he but be so kind as to let her know where he was put, she, with the assistance of her friends close by, would take him away with them: so in a spiritual sense, a truly gracious soul is willing to do anything, and to be at any trouble, so that it may but enjoy Christ; it dearly loves him, as this good woman did; it early, and earnestly, and with its whole heart, seeks after him, as she did; and absence of him, or loss of his presence for a while, sharpens the desire after him, and makes his presence the more welcome.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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, 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! Jesus was in the prime of life when he was crucified, and had a hundred pounds weight of spices added to his body; and yet Mary thinks of nothing less than carrying him away with her, if she can but find where he is laid!


 
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