[Teachldsseminary] CHAT- Appearances

[Marji]

Well, folks, the JST's a pretty authoritative source.  :)  To me, it makes a
lot of sense that that would have been the context for his words.

Thanks for the help, ladies.

Marji

 

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JST
John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch [Hold] 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.

This JST is in our Standard Works. The Annotated Four Gospels has the
complete JST for Matt., Mark, Luke and John.


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I have read from a source too long ago to remember which that the "touch me
not" phrase can also be understood/translated as "hold me not" - in other
words, 'do not detain me', or 'do not wish that I could remain here, I must
yet be about my Father's business'.

It puts a whole different perspective on it if that is the case.  Anyone
else read this?

Marji
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This not scripture, but may help explain:

"One may wonder why Jesus had forbidden Mary Magdalene to touch Him, and
then, so soon after, had permitted other women to hold Him by the feet as
they bowed in reverence. We may assume that Mary's emotional approach had
been prompted more by a feeling of personal yet holy affection than by an
impulse of devotional worship such as the other women evinced. Though the
resurrected Christ manifested the same friendly and intimate regard as He
had shown in the mortal state toward those with whom He had been closely
associated, He was no longer one of them in the literal sense. There was
about Him a divine dignity that forbade close personal familiarity. To Mary
Magdalene Christ had said: "Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my
Father." If the second clause was spoken in explanation of the first, we
have to infer that no human hand was to be permitted to touch the Lord's
resurrected and immortalized body until after He had presented Himself to
the Father. It appears reasonable and probable that between Mary's impulsive
attempt to touch the Lord, and the action of the other women who held Him by
the feet as they bowed in worshipful reverence, Christ did ascend to the
Father, and that later He returned to earth to continue His ministry in the
resurrected state."

Talmage; "Jesus the Christ," The Resurrection and Ascension, He is Risen.

Worthy of mention is the following from the notes of that chapter:

"3. Recorded Appearances of Christ Between Resurrection and Ascension.- 1.
To Mary Magdalene, near the sepulchre (Mark 16:9, 10; John 20:14).
2. To other women, somewhere between the sepulchre and Jerusalem (Matt.
28:9).
3. To two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Mark 16:12; Luke 24:13).
4. To Peter, in or near Jerusalem (Luke 24:34; 1 Cor. 15:5).
5. To ten of the apostles and others at Jerusalem (Luke 24:36; John 20:19).
6. To the eleven apostles at Jerusalem (Mark 16:14; John 20:26).
7. To the apostles at the Sea of Tiberias, Galilee, (John 21).
8. To the eleven apostles on a mountain in Galilee (Matt. 28:16).
9. To five hundred brethren at once (1 Cor. 15:6); locality not specified,
but probably in Galilee.
10. To James (1 Cor. 15:7). Note that no record of this manifestation is
made by the Gospel-writers.
11. To the eleven apostles at the time of the ascension, Mount of Olives,
near Bethany (Mark 16:19; Luke 24:50, 51).


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