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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.'" |
Subject: why jesus had not allowed mary to touch |
Bible Note: Hi, Robyn... So, even though Christ had fulfilled the law (Luke 24:44) in its totality (Hebrews 10:1), you contend that this part of the law (Numbers 19:11) was still in effect. And you are asserting that this uncleanness was an inherent aspect of dead bodies, something that still polluted the body even after it became alive again. (Though, apparently, it was not a form of uncleanness to make Christ's atoning sacrifice less then perfect.) Furthermore, you contend that this was of sufficient importance that Christ Himself -- the one Who makes all believers clean (Ezekiel 36:25; Hebrews 10:22) -- was concerned about this for Mary to the point that He warned her away. These linked assertions are pretty difficult to accept. Nevertheless, for the sake of argument, we'll let them stand for now. So, I wonder, why did our Lord, on the very same day (Luke 24:13), behave so differently on the road to Emmaus? For He actually broke bread for the two disciples (Luke 24:32), bread that was, by the law, unclean (Haggai 2:12-13). Why did Christ fail to show the same consideration for the two disciples that He showed to Mary? In Him, Doc |