John 20:18 is the eighteenth verse of the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of John in the Bible. It occurs after Jesus' resurrection and appearance to Mary Magdalene. In John 20:17 he gave Mary a message to deliver to his disciples. John 20:18 describes Mary's delivering of this message to the disciples.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
The World English Bible translates the passage as:
John gives far less detail of this event than the other Gospels who go into some detail about the meeting between Mary and the disciples and discuss who they did not believe what Mary had told them, John ignores all of this. Some of the other Gospels also mention other appearances by Jesus. For instance in Luke 24 he appears to two of the disciples while they are travelling on the road to Emmaus and tells them to seek out and inform the other disciples. John only describes Mary as being given the task. That it was Mary who was sent to tell the disciples of the resurrection is considered by many scholars to reflect the central importance of Mary. The event led Saint Augustine, for instance, to call Mary the "Apostle to the Apostles."
This passage is not completely consistent with the other Gospels. Some scholars, such as Norman Geisler, feel that for John's resurrection account to fit logically with the other three gospels John must have left out several events occurring between Mary's leaving Jesus and her meeting with the disciples. These include the events related in Matthew 28:9 as well as certain incidents in Mark and Luke.
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| Preceded by: John 20:17 |
Chapter 20 | Followed by: John 20:19 |