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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 think the problem here is timing and trying to constrain the Godhead to man's linear time. Hebrews tells us Jesus presented His blood on the altar of Heaven. Eph tells us Jesus lead the captives of death to heaven. Elsewhere we are told Jesus preached the Good News in Hades/hell. Scripture tells us where 2 or more meet in His name He will be there also. Jesus is obviously not constrained by human physical limitations. So yes Jesus could have gone directly into God's presence, into the altar to place His blood upon it, to Hades/Hell to preach and lead the rigtheous dead held captive by death to heaven and did it all in a time frame we as humans can not imagine. All we need to know is upon Jesus' death and resurrection many things transpired and were accomplish on our behalf. |