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John 20:16

John 20:16 is verse 16 of John chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).

Or in Aramaic

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King James Version

Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

World English Bible

Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”

Rabboni is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for “great teacher.”

or, Master

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John 20:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not recognize that it was Jesus.

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.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).

17 “Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what He had said to her.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

John 10:3

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Genesis 22:1

Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

Genesis 22:11

Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

Exodus 3:4

When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.

Exodus 33:17

So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

1 Samuel 3:6

Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”

1 Samuel 3:10

Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”

Isaiah 43:1

Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!

Luke 10:41

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.

Acts 9:4

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

Acts 10:3

One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

Genesis 45:12

Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.

Song of Solomon 2:8

Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

Song of Solomon 2:9

My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

Song of Solomon 2:10

My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.

Song of Solomon 2:11

For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

Song of Solomon 2:12

The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.

Song of Solomon 2:13

The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”

Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.

Song of Solomon 2:15

Catch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom.

Song of Solomon 2:16

My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 2:17

Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

Song of Solomon 3:4

I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

Matthew 14:27

But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

John 20:28

Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”

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?”

John 1:49

“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

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 not with him.”

John 6:25

When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they asked Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”

John 11:28

After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”

John 13:13

You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.

Matthew 23:8

But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Matthew 23:9

And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

Matthew 23:10

Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.

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