John 20:16

Verse

Λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Μαρία. Στραφεῖσα ἐκείνη λέγει αὐτῷ, Ῥαββουνί—ὃ λέγεται, Διδάσκαλε.

RBT Greek Interlinear:

3004; Legei; Λέγει; is saying; V-PIA-3S

846; autē; αὐτῇ; herself; PPro-DF3S

2424; Iēsous; Ἰησοῦς; Salvation; N-NMS

3137; Mariam; Μαριάμ; Mary; N-VFS

4762; Strapheisa; Στραφεῖσα; she who has turned around; V-APP-NFS

1565; ekeinē; ἐκείνη; that one; DPro-NFS

3004; legei; λέγει; he is speaking; V-PIA-3S

846; autō; αὐτῷ; to himself; PPro-DM3S

1447; Hebraisti; Ἑβραϊστί; in Hebrew; Adv

4462; Rabbouni; Ραββουνι; Rabboni; N-VMS

3739; ho; ὃ; which; RelPro-NNS

3004; legetai; λέγεται; is called; V-PIM/P-3S

1320; Didaskale; Διδάσκαλε; Teacher; N-VMS

RBT Translation:

Salvation is saying to herself, "Bitter-Rebel." She who has turned around, that one is speaking to himself in Hebrew, "My multiplying one," what is called 'Teacher.'¹²³

LITV Translation:
Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning around, she said to Him, Rabboni! (that is to say, Teacher).

ESV Translation:
Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).

Footnotes

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Greek Στραφεῖσα ἐκείνη. She who has turned around, that one. When in doubt, use parentheses? This is a participle verb followed by the demonstrative pronoun ἐκείνη "that one." When a verse like this confuses, translators seem to resort to adding parenthesis () hyphens, or other creative ways to get around "the difficulty", assuming that the thoughts must be out of order, fragmented, or it's just bad writing. But this just creates more confusion, because we are left wondering why in the world is Mary turning around twice?