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NASB | John 20:17 Jesus *said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.'" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 20:17 Jesus said to her, "Do not hold Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.'" |
Bible Question: dear fellow members please answer me. after resurection why jesus told mary not to touch him, where as before acession he blessed and touched others. |
Bible Answer: Dear J, It’s unlikely that Jesus is demeaning a woman who loved him ardently and who stood by the cross while 10 other disciples ran and hid; and even though later in the Gospel of John we see Thomas needing physical proof to believe in Jesus’ reincarnation (where Mary needed only to hear his voice), this doesn’t make Thomas somehow more privileged to touch the Lord. A clue is that Jesus asked Mary not “to cling”, which anticipates His later instruction that His work would not be complete until he ascended to the Father and sent the Holy Spirit to be with them (John 16:7). The teaching is that the disciples should not assume He’d returned for good and would remain with them as He was. Good thing Mary was so reasonable; other wise, we might have had a different NT. |