Q: What was the significance in the risen Christ who allowed Thomas to examine his wound and not Mary?
A: In his resurrection he considered himself as one with his disciples of whom Jesus said, "I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word."( John 17:6) In terms of the word, they were of as one. When he says, 'they have kept the word' it meant that he did it on behalf of them, Simon Peter's denial notwithstanding.
Jesus told earlier that he was yet to ascend, "Jesus saith unto her, Touch 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."(20:17). May calls him teacher while 'my brethren' are those that God gave to him. He was yet to be glorified, and in his prayer he asks, "I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do./And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was."(17:4-5)
Q: What was the significance in the risen Christ who allowed Thomas to examine his wound and not Mary?
A: In his resurrection he considered himself as one with his disciples of whom Jesus said, "I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word."( John 17:6) In terms of the word, they were of as one. When he says, 'they have kept the word' it meant that he did it on behalf of them, Simon Peter's denial notwithstanding.
Jesus told earlier that he was yet to ascend, "Jesus saith unto her, Touch 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."(20:17). May calls him teacher while 'my brethren' are those that God gave to him. He was yet to be glorified, and in his prayer he asks, "I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do./And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was."(17:4-5)
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