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Go, tell … – Day 15

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

JOHANNE 20

10Jwale barutuwa ba kgutlela hae.

Jesu o iponahatsa ho Maria wa Magadala

11Maria wa Magadala o ne a eme kantle, pela lebitla, a ntse a lla. Ha a ntse a lla, a nyarela ka lebitleng. 12Yaba o bona mangeloi a mabedi a apereng diaparo tse tshweu a dutse, le leng ka hloohong, le leng ka maotong, moo setopo sa Jesu se neng se beilwe teng.

13A re ho yena: “Mosadi, o llelang?”

A re ho wona: “Ba tlositse Morena wa ka, mme ha ke tsebe moo ba mmeileng teng.” 14Yare ha a rialo, a reteleha, mme a bona Jesu a eme, feela a se ke a tseba hore ke Jesu.

15Jesu a re ho yena: “Mosadi, o llelang? O batla mang?”

Yena, ka ho hopola hore ke molemi wa serapa, a re ho yena: “Monghadi, haeba ke wena ya mo tlositseng, mpolelle moo o mmeileng teng, mme ke tla ya mo nka.”

16Jesu a re ho yena: “Maria!”

A reteleha, a re ho Jesu ka Seheberu: “Rabbuni!” ke ho re: Moruti!

17Jesu a re ho yena: “O se ke wa ntshwara, hobane ha ke eso nyolohele ho Ntate, empa eya ho bana beso, mme o ba bolelle, o re: ‘Ke nyolohela ho Ntate, le Ntata lona, Modimo wa ka, le Modimo wa lona!’ ”

18Maria wa Magadala a ya behela barutuwa, a re: “Ke bone Morena!” A bolela le tseo Jesu a mmoleletseng tsona.

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“Mary”! Her first reaction was to embrace him. Hearing him call her by her name, must have caused her heart to jump with joy. Jesus calls her by name without identifying her with the place she comes from – Magdala. He recognizes her for who she is and not where she is from.

1. What is the first thing Mary tells the disciples?

2. Why, do you think, Mary was the first person whom Jesus appeared to?

3. Is it possible that she was the “beloved disciple”? (See John 1:37-40).

4. “Rabboni”! Her immediate reaction was to reach out and hug him as she used to. But Jesus has a mission, and so does she. “Go … go tell …”

5. Go! Tell … What is your mission in a context where violence is perpetrated against women – just because they are women?

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