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John 20:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.


John 20:5Greek Interlinear

Greek · John 20:59 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
παρακύψαςparakypsas
having stooped downverbG3879
βλέπειblepei
he seesverbG991
κείμεναkeimena
lying thereverbG2749
τὰta
thearticleG3588
ὀθόνιαothonia
linen clothsnounG3608
οὐou
notadverbG3756
μέντοιmentoi
howeverwordG3305
εἰσῆλθενeisēlthen
he enteredverbG1525
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on John 20:5

The Sabbath being now over, during which it was unlawful to be there, Mary Magdalene could rest no longer, but came very early in the morning, to seek consolation at the grave: The first day of the week comes Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulcher.

Chrysostom · 4th century

Mary Magdalene, undoubtedly the most fervent in love, of all the women that ministered to our Lord; so that John deservedly mentions her only, and says nothing of the others who were with her, as we know from the other Evangelists.

Augustine · 4th century

Una sabbati, i.e. one day after the sabbath.

Bede · 8th century
Read all 21 entries in the readerCatena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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