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John 20:17 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” "
John 20:17
Verse in Context
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15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”
17 Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.
19 When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
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John 20:1
"Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb."
John 20:2
"Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”"
John 20:3
"Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb."
John 20:4
"They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first."
John 20:5
"Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he didn’t enter in."
John 20:6
"Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,"
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