It is significant that it is Mary Magdalene who is the first to see the risen Jesus, but it raises the question of why she does not recognise him in the next verse she mistakes him for the gardener. The King James Version translates the passage as:Īnd when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.įor a collection of other versions see BibleHub John 20:14 Analysis
