John 20:17

World English Bible (2000)

Jesus said to her, "Don't hold me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Μή μου ἅπτου· οὔπω γὰρ ἀναβέβηκα πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα μου: πορεύου δὲ πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου, καὶ εἰπὲ αὐτοῖς, Ἀναβαίνω πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα μου, καὶ Πατέρα ὑμῶν· καὶ Θεόν μου, καὶ Θεὸν ὑμῶν.

Transliteration

Legei to her the Iesous, Not of me haptou; not yet for I have anabebeka pros the Patera of me: poreuou but pros the adelphous of me, and eipe to them, I anabaino pros the Patera of me, and Patera of you; and Theon of me, and Theon of you.

Grammar Details

• *Legei*: present active indicative 3rd person singular - says/is saying
• *Iesous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
• *haptou*: present middle imperative 2nd person singular - touch/cling to
• *anabebeka*: perfect active indicative 1st person singular - I have ascended/gone up
• *pros*: preposition with accusative - to/toward
• *Patera*: accusative masculine singular - Father
• *poreuou*: present middle imperative 2nd person singular - go/proceed
• *adelphous*: accusative masculine plural - brothers/brethren
• *eipe*: aorist active imperative 2nd person singular - tell/say
• *anabaino*: present active indicative 1st person singular - I am ascending/going up
• *Theon*: accusative masculine singular - God

Word Meanings

• *Legei*: says/tells/speaks
• *haptou*: touch/cling to/hold on to
• *anabebeka*: have ascended/gone up (completed action with present effect)
• *pros*: to/toward/with
• *Patera*: Father
• *poreuou*: go/proceed/journey
• *adelphous*: brothers/brethren/fellow believers
• *eipe*: tell/say (command)
• *anabaino*: am ascending/going up (present, ongoing)
• *Theon*: God/Deity

Referenced Verses

• Heb 2:11-13 : 11 For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers, 12 saying, "I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise." 13 Again, "I will put my trust in him." Again, "Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me."
• Heb 8:10 : 10 "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
• Heb 11:16 : 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
• 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• 1 John 3:2 : 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
• Rev 21:3 : 3 I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
• Rev 21:7 : 7 He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
• Gen 17:7-8 : 7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you. 8 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."
• Eph 4:8-9 : 8 Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men." 9 Now this, "He ascended," what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
• 2 Kgs 7:9 : 9 Then they said one to another, "We aren't doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household."
• Ps 22:22 : 22 I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the assembly, I will praise you.
• Ps 43:4 : 4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
• Ps 48:14 : 14 For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
• Ps 68:18 : 18 You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
• Ps 89:26 : 26 He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!'
• Isa 41:10 : 10 Don't you be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
• Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
• Jer 32:38 : 38 and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
• Ezek 36:28 : 28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
• Ezek 37:27 : 27 My tent also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• Zech 13:7-9 : 7 "Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me," says Yahweh of Armies. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones. 8 It shall happen that in all the land," says Yahweh, "two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it. 9 I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"
• Matt 12:50 : 50 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."
• Matt 25:40 : 40 "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
• Matt 28:7 : 7 Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.' Behold, I have told you."
• Matt 28:9-9 : 9 As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me."
• Mark 16:19 : 19 So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
• Luke 10:4 : 4 Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.
• Luke 24:49-51 : 49 Behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high." 50 He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 51 It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven.
• John 1:12-13 : 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name: 13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
• John 7:33 : 33 Then Jesus said, "I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
• John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
• John 13:3 : 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came forth from God, and was going to God,
• John 14:2 : 2 In my Father's house are many homes. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
• John 14:28 : 28 You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.
• John 16:28 : 28 I came out from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father."
• John 17:5 : 5 Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
• John 17:11 : 11 I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
• John 17:25 : 25 Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.
• John 20:27 : 27 Then he said to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don't be unbelieving, but believing."
• Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. 15 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God; 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
• Rom 8:29 : 29 For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
• 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."
• Gal 3:26 : 26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
• Gal 4:6-7 : 6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!" 7 So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
• Eph 1:17-23 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might 20 which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come. 22 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
• 2 Kgs 4:29 : 29 Then he said to Gehazi, "Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don't greet him; and if anyone greets you, don't answer him again. Then lay my staff on the face of the child."