Matthew 28:11-14 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 28:12

And when they were assembled ... - They deemed the matter of so much importance as to justify the calling together of the great council of the nation. Notwithstanding all their caution, it was plain that the body of Jesus was gone. It was further plain that the disciples would affirm that he was restored to life again. It was not improbable that Jesus would himself appear, and convince multitudes that he was the Messiah, and that the guilt of putting him to death would, after all their caution... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 28:14

The governor’s ears - To Pilate. If it is reported to him that Jesus was stolen while you slept.We will persuade him - We will convince or satisfy him, so that he shall not punish you. This they might promise with safety; for,They knew from the character of Pilate that he could be easily bribed. Pilate, after the feast of the Passover, was accustomed to return to Caesarea. He had not been inclined at all to interfere in anything concerning the Saviour until it was urged upon him by the Jews. He... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 28:11

Matthew 28:11. Now when, or while they were going While these extraordinary things were transacting, and the women were going to tell the disciples what they had heard and seen: behold, some of the watch Some of the guards, who had fled from the sepulchre in great consternation, beginning a little to recollect themselves as to the excuse they should make for its being broken open, and the body being gone, as it would soon be known that it was; came into the city, and showed unto the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 28:12-14

Matthew 28:12-14. And when they were assembled, &c. The chief priests, having received this report, called the whole senate together, and they consulted among themselves what they should do in this perplexing emergency: and in particular, as may be reasonably supposed, whether they should dismiss the guards with a charge to conceal the story they had told them, or should accuse them to the governor, and attempt to get them punished for neglect of duty. But, considering the manner in... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 28:1-15

RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION161. Morning of the resurrection (Matthew 28:1-15; Mark 16:1-11; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18)It is not surprising that there are differences in the accounts of what people saw on the Sunday morning when Jesus rose from the dead. The sight of the empty tomb and the heavenly messengers produced a mixture of reactions - excitement, joy, anxiety, fear, wonder. There was confusion as people rushed here and there to tell others. One writer records what he heard from some,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:11

the watch. See note on Mat 27:68 , Matthew 27:66 . shewed = told. See verses: Matthew 28:8 , Matthew 28:9 , Matthew 28:10 . were done = had come to pass. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:12

large = sufficient: i.e. to bribe them with. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:13

Saying, Say ye = Telling them to say. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:14

if this come, &c. = Should this come, &c. A condition of uncertainty. App-118 . persuade = satisfy: i.e. bribe. Compare Galatians 1:1 , Galatians 1:10 . See App-150 . secure you = free you from care: i.e. make you safe, or screen you. Compare 1 Corinthians 7:32 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 28:11

Now, while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city, and told unto the chief priests all the things that were come to pass.THE BIG LIEThen was the opportunity for the chief priests to have made good their boast that they would believe Christ if he came down from the cross. It was an even more wonderful thing to come up from the grave, but still they did not believe him. No one is so blind as one who will not see. The sequence of events mentioned in this verse is exactly... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 28:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 28:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 28:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 28:12-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 28:1-15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 28:11

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