Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 16. Jesus saith to her, Mary. Magdalene, now in grief and tears, knew not Jesus, till he called upon her by her name, and with his usual voice: then with joy, she cried out, Rabboni, Master. And Jesus saith to her, touch me not, and so forth The meaning of which words seems to be: I am not yet leaving thee, nor ascending to the Father, so that thou mayest have time enough to embrace my feet afterwards; now go to my disciples, and so forth Witham.—Magdalene, having inquired where he had placed him, appears to have turned towards the angels, to inquire the cause of the awe and reverence she had observed in them. Upon this, Jesus calls upon her by name, and she, turning again towards him, discovers him by his voice. Saint John Chrysostom hom. lxxxv in Joan.
Rabboni is a transliteration of the Aramaic word for “great teacher.”
or, Master