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Touch Me not = Do not be holding Me. Greek. hapto. Only here in John; elsewhere, thirty-nine times. See Mat_8:3, Mat_8:18; Mat_9:20, Mat_9:21, Mat_9:29.
not. Greek me. App-105.
for. This gives the reason for the prohibition. He afterwards allowed the women to hold Him by the feet (Mat_28:9). On this day, the morrow after the Sabbath, the high priest would be waving the sheaf of the firstfruits before the Lord (Lev_23:10, Lev_23:11); while He, the firstfruits from the dead (1Co_15:23), would be ful filling the type by presenting Himself before the Father.
not yet. Greek. oupo; compound of ou. App-105.
My Father. See on Joh_2:16.
My brethren. Compare Mat_12:50; Mat_28:1 Mat_28:0. Heb_2:11.
ascend = am ascending.
My . . . your. This marks the essential difference in His and their relationship with the Father. But because God is the God and Father of our Lord (Eph_1:3) He is therefore our God and Father too.
God. Greek. Theos. App-98.