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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 28:16-20

Our Lord appears to the disciples in Galilee, and gives them a commission to teach and baptize. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 28:16-20

The great meeting in Galilee. I. THE APPEARANCE OF THE LORD . 1 . The place. This was the one only meeting by appointment. The other appearances of the risen Saviour were sudden and unexpected. Both St. Matthew and St. Mark tell us that the Lord, just before his agony, had announced to his apostles that, after he was risen again, he would go before them into Galilee. After the Resurrection the angel first, and, then the Lord himself, had made the same appointment. Evidently... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 28:17

They worshipped him. Evidently here they, or the majority of those present (for it is plain that others beside the apostles were there), adored him as God and Lord. This is the first time that this action of supreme worship is mentioned in connection with the disciples, though the women had offered the same homage to him ( Matthew 28:9 ). But some doubted ( οἱδε Ì —without οἱμε Ì ν — ἐδι ì στασαν ). (For the verb, comp. Matthew 14:31 .) The doubters could not have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 28:17

Doubts as to the Resurrection. If some doubted when they saw Jesus, it is not surprising that some doubt now that it is nearly nineteen centuries since our Lord was on earth among men in visible form. Therefore it is not just or charitable to turn savagely against people who are seriously perplexed. The only right and Christian course is to try to help them. I. THERE MUST BE MUCH MYSTERY IN RELIGION . It reaches out beyond our everyday experience, and deals with things of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 28:16

Then the eleven disciples - Judas was dead, leaving but eleven of the original number of the apostles.Into a mountain where Jesus lead appointed them - This “appointment” is recorded in Matthew 26:32. On what particular mountain this was is not known. It is probable that Jesus, when he made the appointment, specified the place, which has been omitted by the evangelists. Matthew has omitted many appearances which Jesus made to his disciples which have been recorded by Luke, John, and Paul. See... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 28:17

They worshipped him - Paid him honour as the Messiah.But some doubted - As, for example, Thomas, John 20:25. The disciples had not expected his resurrection; they were therefore slow to believe. The mention of their doubting shows that they were honest men that they were not easily imposed on that they had not previously agreed to affirm that he had risen - that they were convinced only by the strength of the evidence. Their caution in examining the evidence; their slowness to believe; their... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 28:16

Matthew 28:16. Then Not immediately after what is related in the preceding verses, but after several appearances of Christ, and events connected therewith, recorded in the last chapter of Luke and Mark, and in the last two chapters of John; where see the notes: the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, &c. That Christ promised after his resurrection to go before them into Galilee, we read Matthew 26:32; thither the angel here, Matthew 28:7, and Christ himself Matthew 28:10,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 28:17

Matthew 28:17. When they saw him, they worshipped The greatest part were so fully convinced that the person they saw was their Master, that they worshipped him; but some doubted But with respect to a few, their joy, on seeing the Lord, put them into a kind of perturbation, and their desire that it might be him. made them afraid it was not. This reason is assigned by Luke for the unbelief of some on a former occasion, Matthew 24:41. They believed not for joy and wonder; and therefore it... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 28:16-20

166. On a mountain in Galilee (Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:15-18)The apostles had an indication why Jesus had told them to go to Galilee when he took them up one of the mountains. From there they could look out to the next stage of the kingdom’s mission, the Gentile nations beyond. The three and a half years public ministry of Jesus had been limited to Israel (cf. Matthew 10:5-6; Matthew 15:24; Romans 15:8), but the ministry that the risen Jesus now passed on to his disciples extended to all... read more

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