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John 20:27
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrustit into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

2 Kings 4:29
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

2 Kings 7:9
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this dayis 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 we may go and tell the king's household.

my brethren.

Psalm 22:22
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

Matthew 12:50
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Matthew 25:40
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have doneit unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have doneit unto me.

I ascend.

John 13:1,3
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 the end…

John 14:2,6,28
In my Father's house are many mansions: ifit were notso, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you…

John 16:28
I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

your Father.

John 1:12,13
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: …

Romans 8:14-17
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God…

2 Corinthians 6:18
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

your God.

Genesis 17:7,8
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…

Psalm 43:4
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

Psalm 48:14
For this Godis our God for ever and ever: he will be our guideeven unto death.

for I have not yet ascended to the Father.
This phrase highlights the importance of Jesus' ascension, which is a crucial event in Christian theology. The ascension marks the completion of Jesus' earthly mission and His return to divine glory. It also sets the stage for the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The ascension is prophesied in the Old Testament, such as inPsalm 110:1, and is fulfilled inActs 1:9-11. Jesus' return to the Father signifies His exaltation and the beginning of His intercessory role for believers.

But go and tell My brothers,
Jesus refers to His disciples as "brothers," indicating a deep, familial relationship. This term of endearment shows the transformation of the disciples' status through Jesus' death and resurrection. It also fulfills the promise of adoption into God's family, as seen inRomans 8:15-17. The instruction to "go and tell" emphasizes the role of believers as witnesses to the resurrection, a theme that is central to the Great Commission inMatthew 28:19-20.

‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father,
By saying "My Father and your Father," Jesus underscores the shared relationship believers have with God through Him. This statement reflects the fulfillment of the promise of sonship and the intimate relationship believers can have with God. It echoes the Lord's Prayer, where Jesus teaches His followers to address God as "Our Father" (Matthew 6:9). This shared fatherhood is a result of the reconciliation achieved through Jesus' sacrifice.

to My God and your God.’
This phrase emphasizes the unity and distinction in the relationship between Jesus, God, and believers. While Jesus is divine, He acknowledges God as His God, highlighting His role as the Son and His submission to the Father. For believers, this statement reaffirms their access to God through Jesus. It connects to the covenant relationship established in the Old Testament, where God declares, "I will be their God, and they will be My people" (Jeremiah 31:33). This relationship is now fully realized in Christ.

• Mary Magdalene’s instinct to grasp Jesus shows genuine love, yet Jesus gently redirects her.

• His resurrected body is real and tangible (Luke 24:39;Matthew 28:9), but the relationship has shifted from physical proximity to spiritual communion.

• We, too, must not try to “hold on” to yesterday’s experience; the risen Lord calls us to walk by faith, not sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).

• The ascension is a necessary next step in God’s redemptive plan (John 16:7;Acts 1:9-11).

• Until He sits at the Father’s right hand as our High Priest and Advocate (Hebrews 4:14-16), the mission is still unfolding.

• Jesus reminds Mary—and us—that there is a divine timetable; obedience means trusting His schedule, not clinging to our own.

• Jesus’ first post-resurrection commission is given to a woman once bound by demons, showcasing grace and purpose for every believer (Mark 16:9-10).

• Calling the disciples “brothers” restores and elevates them after their failures (John 20:19).

• The pattern is clear: experience Christ, then share Christ (Acts 1:8).

• By His death and resurrection, Jesus secures for us the same intimate access He enjoys (Romans 8:15;Ephesians 2:18).

• “My Father and your Father” underscores both distinction (He is uniquely the Son) and inclusion (we are adopted children).

• “My God and your God” affirms the unity of worship; the One Jesus calls God is now ours to approach boldly (Hebrews 10:19-22).

• The ascension guarantees His ongoing ministry: sending the Spirit (John 14:16-18) and preparing a place for us (John 14:2-3).

John 20:17 shifts Mary—and every disciple—from clinging to Christ’s physical presence to trusting His exalted, heavenly ministry. The risen Lord redirects affection into mission, anchors hope in His ascension, restores fallen followers as family, and opens the way for us to call God our own Father.

But go to my brethren, and say unto them.--Comp. Notes onMatthew 28:10, and onJohn 15:15. There is a special force in the word "brethren" as spoken by the risen Lord, in that it declares the continuance of His human nature. (SeeHebrews 2:11.) . . .

(1) Some, Bengal and others, make theγάρ govern the whole clause that follows, and so give the meaning," Stay not to touch me, but haste to my disciples, and say," etc.; but this would render the first clause very obscure, unless the further supposition be made, as by Baur, Bush, Sears, and many others, that our Lord was just on the point of ascending to heaven,i.e. of one (nay, the first) of his many ascensions to the Father, after which the touching, in the sense either of worship or of verification, would be possible and rightful, and also the supposition that an "ascension" intervened between the appearance to the Magdalene and the other women, or at all events before the revelation to the disciples at Emmaus, to Simon Peter, or to the eleven, at all of which both verification of his personality, if net worship at his feet, was permitted or encouraged. This hypothesis is perilously near to an assumption of a succession of illusive visions of that which had nothing but subjective reality.

(2) Olshausen and Schleiermacher give the utterly naturalistic view, that the Lord's spiritual body was so tender that he could not bear a vigorous grasp or physical touch. Still worse,

(3) Paulus supposed that he was still suffering from his cruel wounds, which, of course, would only imply an apparent death on the cross, and is a denial of the Resurrection altogether. . . .

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