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What if He made a quick trip up there after He chatted with Mary, just before he headed over to see the Apostles. LOL!



ok, I think I'm done with this idiosyncracy. I don't know why He said "touch me not". But I agree with Agustin, there's a mystery behind it that which may or may not be revealed to us on this side of Heaven.

and back to the original post, I've always understood, per Peter, that Christ went to speak to the spirits in prison, which I have always been taught to mean in Paradise, between his death and his resurrection.

doesn't the Greek have more the meaning of "stop clinging to me", rather than "touch"?

it then becomes entirely understandable .... Mary has her Lord back from the dead ... it does not take much imagination to see her clinging to Jesus as hard as she could ... she would never want to let Him go ... and Jesus so gently, but firmly, tells her what she needs to hear - and gives her a job to do ... "Go - and tell ...."

btw .... the first apostle - a woman!

in Christ

Dinah

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The Greek hapto has a range of meanings that includes both, but "stop clinging to me" (in Jn 20:17) would be more consistent with what Matthew 28:9 says, and that's the thought conveyed by the ESV, NASB, NIV, and NLT. The meaning of Jesus' statement in John 20:17 has been previously discussed at length here.

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