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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: Jesus went to God immediately? |
Bible Note: I appreciate your comment. No, it doesn't and I will provide the Scripture as to why it doesn't: 1 Peter 3:19 (KJV) 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; The next passage gives us the time-frame in which to interpret what Peter is saying: 1 Peter 3:20 (KJV) 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. Noah was a preacher of righteousness (or Righteousness), meaning He was a preacher of Christ (Messiah - Gen. 3:15), and Christ (or God's Righteousness.) While Noah was building the Ark he was also witnessing what was to come and declaring God to an unbelieving people. But ONLY Noah found grace in the eyes of God. Peter continues his thought in bringing up Noah and the events of his day: 1 Peter 3:21 (KJV) 21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: "The like figure" means Peter is making a comparison between Noah's preaching to a people in prison (in sin) and declares that it is not the washing of filth from the body that saves us (water baptism), but one of a good conscience (where salvation/redemption occurs - Spirit-baptism) as the only Person that can deal with a persons conscience is the Holy Spirit now in the world. |