the name are used, and consequently, confusion resulted in the manuscripts. That it is still worthwhile to think about the issue becomes clear in John 20. In 20:1 Μαρία goes to the empty tomb, and in 20:11 Μαρία is standing outside weeping. Then she starts her conversation with Jesus, who calls her by name in 20:16, Μαριάμ, which is the Semitic form of her name. It is not strange, therefore, that she turns around and says “in Aramaic, ‘Rabboni’ ” (Ἑβραϊστί, ῥαββουνί). Jesus addresses her