Cross references

John 20:17

“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

John 20:17 BSB

John 20:17 has 47 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 37 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 16:28 (19 votes) and Ephesians 4:8–10 (16 votes). 61 other verses point back to it. It links with 28 other books, from Genesis 17 to Revelation 21.

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Which verses does John 20:17 point to?

The 20 strongest of 47, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 16:2819 votes

    I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

  2. This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.” What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth? …

  3. And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

  4. 1 Peter 1:313 votes

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  5. John 17:1110 votes

    I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.

  6. You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

  7. Mark 16:199 votes

    After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

  8. You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

  9. that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, …

  10. For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers. He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.” …

  11. John 7:336 votes
  12. John 14:66 votes
  13. John 14:286 votes

    You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

  14. 1 John 3:26 votes
  15. John 13:15 votes
  16. John 13:35 votes

Which verses point to John 20:17?

The 10 strongest of 61.