Key Verse Spotlight
John 20:11 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, {and looked} into the sepulchre,”
John 20:11
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, {and looked} into the sepulchre,
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
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