John 20:17. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; -
Or, as the words may be read, "Hold me not; detain me not; " -
John 20:17. For I am not yet ascended to my Father:
"I have to go away from you, so do not imagine that you can hold me back. Nay, the time for such communications with me is past, for I am now in another condition. I will communicate with you spiritually; but, for that, you must wait a little: ‘ I am not yet ascended to my Father.’"
John 20:17. But go to my brethren, -
He had never called them that before. "Brethren" he had called them, but not with the emphatic "my." "Go to my brethren," -
John 20:17. And say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
Thus Christ explained to them that the Father, who is God, was God to Christ, and God to them; the Father of Christ, and their Father also.
John 20:17. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; -
Or, as the words may be read, "Hold me not; detain me not; " -
John 20:17. For I am not yet ascended to my Father:
"I have to go away from you, so do not imagine that you can hold me back. Nay, the time for such communications with me is past, for I am now in another condition. I will communicate with you spiritually; but, for that, you must wait a little: ‘ I am not yet ascended to my Father.’"
John 20:17. But go to my brethren, -
He had never called them that before. "Brethren" he had called them, but not with the emphatic "my." "Go to my brethren," -
John 20:17. And say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
Thus Christ explained to them that the Father, who is God, was God to Christ, and God to them; the Father of Christ, and their Father also.