debi56 Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 In the scriptures it states that the Lord said, "Do not touch me for I have not ascended unto my father." I am going off of memory so if this is misquoted I apologize. Why did the Savior say this and what does it mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awakened Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Could be wrong but I'm betting that "Touch me not" could also be translated as "You cannot touch me" which would make sense because people with bodies cannot touch spirits since they just go right through them. EDIT: Actually, ignore everything I just said. I'm dumb. debi56 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Folk Prophet Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 The JST changes it to "...hold me not..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Folk Prophet Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Oh...and when He said it is when Mary Magdelene saw Him by the tomb (John 20:17). Edit...speaking of dumb: I misread your question, "Why did the..." as "When did the..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Here are a couple of quotes that attempt to explain it: James E. Talmage"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. (Jesus the Christ, p. 682.) Bruce R. McConkie"The seeming refusal of Jesus to permit Mary to touch him, followed almost immediately by the appearance in which the other women were permitted to hold his feet, has always been the source of some interpretative concern. The King James Version quotes Jesus as saying 'Touch me not.' The Joseph Smith Translation reads 'Hold me not.' Various translations from the Greek render the passage as 'Do not cling to me' or 'Do not hold me.' Some give the meaning as 'Do not cling to me any longer,' or 'Do not hold me any longer.' Some speak of ceasing to hold him or cling to him, leaving the inference that Mary was already holding him. There is valid reason for supposing that the thought conveyed to Mary by the Risen Lord was to this effect: 'You cannot hold me here, for I am going to ascend to my Father.'" (The Mortal Messiah: From Bethlehem to Calvary, 4 vols. [salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1979-1981], 4: 264.) Iggy, The Folk Prophet, Blackmarch and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debi56 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 RE: Awakened: I do not think you are dumb, anytime someone tries to help is always a blessing, at least to me. So thank you. To all others: The answers make sense to me now. Thank you all :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andypg Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 The way I imagine the scene is Mary hugging Jesus so tightly out of happiness that he asks her to let him go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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