‏ John 20:18

 And telleth ( αγγελλουσα ). Present active participle, "announcing."

 I have seen the Lord ( Hεωρακα τον κυριον ). Perfect active indicative of  οραω. She will always carry in her heart that vision (picture) of the Risen Christ. She tells this fact before she delivers Christ's message to the brethren of Christ.

 How that. No word in the Greek, but a conjunction like  ως is implied.  Hοτ here is recitative. The disciples (brethren) did not believe Mary's story nor that of the other women (Lu 24:11; Mr 16:11). Paul does not mention the vision to Mary or the women in 1Co 15:5-7. But Mary Magdalene was the first one to see the Risen Lord.

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