John 20:14 — ExegesisTAB

The verse opens with the fronted participial phrase tauta eipousa {ταῦτα εἰποῦσα | taû-ta ei-poû-sa} ‘having said these things,’ which places the spoken words before the next movement in the scene. The main finite verb estraphē {ἐστράφη | e-strá-phē} then advances the action, and the directional phrase eis ta opisō {εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω | eis ta o-pí-sō} narrows that turn to the space behind her. The historical present theōrei {θεωρεῖ | the-ō-rei} gives the sight a vivid, immediate quality, while hestōta {ἑστῶτα | hes-tô-ta} presents Jesus as already standing in a settled state at the moment she looks. The final clause kai ouk ēdei hoti Iēsous estin {καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν | kai ouk ēi-dei hó-ti Iē-soûs é-stin} preserves the irony of the scene: she can see Him physically, yet recognition has not occurred. The hoti clause functions as indirect content, so English naturally recasts it as an identification statement rather than reproducing the Greek word order mechanically.