Johannes 20:14

14 Als sie dies gesagt hatte, wandte sie sich zurück und sieht Jesum stehen; und sie wußte nicht, daß es Jesus sei.

Johannes 20:14 Meaning and Commentary

John 20:14

And when she had thus said
As soon as the words were out of her mouth, before she could have an answer from the angels:

she turned herself back;
perceiving, either by the looks and gesture of one of the angels, or by hearing a noise, that somebody was behind her:

and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus;
she saw a person, but did not know who he was, by reason of the form of his appearance, the difference of his clothes, and not expecting to see him alive; or through modesty, she might not look wistfully at him; and besides, her eyes were filled with tears, and swollen with weeping; so that she could not see clearly; and her eyes might be holden also, as the disciples were, that as yet she might not know him: so sometimes, in a spiritual sense, Christ is with, and near his people, and they know it not: Christ, as God, is omnipresent; he is every where, and in all places; the spiritual presence of Christ, is more or less, in some way or another, always in all his churches, and among his dear people; but the sight of him is not always alike to them, nor does he appear to them always in the same form; sometimes against them, at least in their apprehensions, nor always in a manner agreeably to their expectations; nor is his grace always discovered in the same way, nor has it the same effect.

Johannes 20:14 In-Context

12 und sieht zwei Engel in weißen Kleidern sitzen, einen zu dem Haupte und einen zu den Füßen, wo der Leib Jesu gelegen hatte.

13 Und jene sagen zu ihr: Weib, was weinst du? Sie spricht zu ihnen: Weil sie meinen Herrn weggenommen, und ich nicht weiß, wo sie ihn hingelegt haben.

14 Als sie dies gesagt hatte, wandte sie sich zurück und sieht Jesum stehen; und sie wußte nicht, daß es Jesus sei.

15 Jesus spricht zu ihr: Weib, was weinst du? Wen suchst du? Sie, in der Meinung, es sei der Gärtner, spricht zu ihm: Herr, wenn du ihn weggetragen, so sage mir, wo du ihn hingelegt hast, und ich werde ihn wegholen.

16 Jesus spricht zu ihr: Maria! Sie wendet sich um und spricht zu ihm auf hebräisch: Rabbuni! das heißt Lehrer.