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John 20:17

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

KJV

λέγει αὐτῇ Ἰησοῦς· μή μου ἅπτου· οὔπω γὰρ ἀναβέβηκα πρὸς τὸν πατέρα· πορεύου δὲ πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου καὶ εἰπὲ αὐτοῖς· ἀναβαίνω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ πατέρα ὑμῶν καὶ θεόν μου καὶ θεὸν ὑμῶν.

Greek NT

Dicit ei Jesus : Noli me tangere, nondum enim ascendi ad Patrem meum : vade autem ad fratres meos, et dic eis : Ascendo ad Patrem meum, et Patrem vestrum, Deum meum, et Deum vestrum.

Vulgate

Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

ASV

Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me: for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren and say to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὔπω
oupo
adverb · 25×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀναβαίνω
anabaino
verb · 81×
ἅπτομαι
aptomai
verb · 35×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: αὐτῇ | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτῇ | RP: + ὁ
  • αὐτῇ — SBLGNT
  • αὐτῇ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὁ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: πατέρα | WH/Treg/NIV: πατέρα | RP: + μου
  • πατέρα — SBLGNT
  • πατέρα — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + μου — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Doctrines that cite this verse

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

17 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§443Peter could recognize the transcendent character of the Messiah's divine sonship because Jesus had clearly allowed it to be so understood. To his accusers' question before the Sanhedrin, "Are you the Son of God, then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am."50 Well before this, Jesus referred to himself as "the Son" who knows the Father, as distinct from the "servants" God had ear…
§641Mary Magdalene and the holy women who came to finish anointing the body of Jesus, which had been buried in haste because the Sabbath began on the evening of Good Friday, were the first to encounter the Risen One.497 Thus the women were the first messengers of Christ's Resurrection for the apostles themselves.498 They were the next to whom Jesus appears: first Peter, then the Tw…
§645By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them in this way to recognize that he is not a ghost and above all to verify that the risen body in which he appears to them is the same body that had been tortured and crucified, for it still bears the traces of his Passion.508 Yet at the same time this authen…
…and 3 more from this source.
The preservation of our bodies is confirmed by the resurrection and ascension of Christ: the souls of the saints during the intermediate period are in a state of expectation of that time when they shall receive their perfect and consummated glory. 1. Since, again, some who are reckoned among the orthodox go beyond the pre-arranged plan for the exaltation of the just, and are ig…
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, came Jesus and stood in the midst. Calvin shows the resurrection appearances as demonstrations of Christ's victory over death. Thomas's confession — "My Lord and my God!" — is one of the clearest declarations of Christ's deity in all of Scripture. Christ's breathing upon the disciples and saying "Receive ye the Holy…
1. The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer from Alexandria. He Addresses Himself to It Again, with Thanks for His Deliverance, and Prayer for Guidance. When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the need…
1. Jesus Comes to Capernaum. Statements of the Four Evangelists Regarding This. After this John 2:12-25 He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples; and there they abode not many days. And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and He found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers…
Did it belong for Christ to ascend into heaven? According to which nature did it become Him to ascend? Did He ascend by His own power? Did He ascend above all the corporeal heavens? Did He ascend above all spiritual creatures? The effect of the ascension Article 1. Whether it was fitting for Christ to ascend into heaven? Objection 1. It would seem that it was not fitting for Ch…
He who is first begotten is called first-born , whether he is only-begotten or the first of a number of brothers. If then the Son of God was called first-born, but was not called Only-begotten, we could imagine that He was the first-born of creatures, as being a creature. But since He is called both first-born and Only-begotten, both senses must be preserved in His case. We say…
The things said concerning Christ fall into four generic modes. For some fit Him even before the incarnation, others in the union, others after the union, and others after the resurrection. Also of those that refer to the period before the incarnation there are six modes: for some of them declare the union of nature and the identity in essence with the Father, as this, I and My…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 8:6 — But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
  • 1John 3:2 — Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
  • 1Pet 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • 2Cor 1:3 — Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
  • 2Cor 6:18 — And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
  • 2Kgs 7:9 — Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that w
  • 2Pet 1:17 — For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Acts 1:2 — Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
  • Col 1:12 — Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
  • Dan 6:22 — My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
  • Eph 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
  • Eph 1:5 — Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
  • Eph 1:17 — That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
  • Eph 1:17 — That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
  • Eph 4:6 — One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
  • Eph 4:8 — Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
  • Eph 4:9 — (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
  • Ezek 36:28 — And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
  • Ezek 37:27 — My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  • Gal 3:26 — For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Gal 3:26 — For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Gal 4:6 — And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
  • Gen 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
  • Heb 1:9 — Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
  • Heb 2:11 — For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
  • Heb 2:11 — For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
  • Heb 8:10 — For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, an
  • Heb 11:16 — But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
  • Jer 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God
  • Jer 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God
  • Jer 32:38 — And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
  • John 1:12 — But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
  • John 2:16 — And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
  • John 7:33 — Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
  • John 13:1 — Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto t
  • John 13:3 — Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
  • John 14:2 — In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
  • John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • John 14:28 — Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
  • John 14:28 — Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.