JOHN 20:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,”
As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb — Mary's return to the tomb mirrors the beloved disciple's movement; again she bends (parakuptō) to peer within. Her persistent action suggests either desperation to recover the body or (in dramatic irony) preparation for the risen Jesus' revelation. The repeated gesture of bending emphasizes humility, seeking, and the threshold between human and divine knowing.
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