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Summary
Touch Me Not (Noli me tangere) John 20:14 - 20:15 - 20:16 - 20:17

20:14. When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and she did not know that it was Jesus.

'''20:15. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?” She thought that He was the gardener and said to Him, “Sir, if You have taken Him from here, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”'''

20:16. Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni” (which means Master).

'''20:17. Jesus said to her, “Do not touch Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go to My brethren and say to them, 'I ascend to My Father and to your Father, to My God and to your God.'”''' Artist's Note: Saint Mary Magdalene, “thinking to resume her old place at the feet of Jesus and to embrace them,” (as she did when anointing His feet and at the foot of His Cross), was cautioned by Jesus, “Touch me not.” This shows there is a change in the level of familiarity. Source:The Brooklyn Museum

Dates: 1886-1894