Matthew 28:17-20 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 28:20

Lo, I am with you - That is, by my Spirit, my providence, my attending counsel and guidance. I will strengthen, assist, and direct you. This also proves that Christ is divine. If he is a mere man, or a creature, though of the highest order, how could he promise to be “with” his disciples “always,” or at all? They would be scattered far and wide. His disciples would greatly increase. If he was “with them” always, he was God; for no finite creature could thus be present with many people scattered... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 28:18

Matthew 28:18. And Jesus came and spake unto them Even unto those mentioned in the last clause, who at first doubted, but whose doubts were afterward fully removed, and probably by his drawing near, and speaking familiarly with them. “It tended much to the honour of Christ,” says Henry, “that [some of] the disciples doubted before they believed, for, in consequence of this, it cannot be said that they were credulous, and willing to be imposed upon, inasmuch as they first questioned and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 28:19

Matthew 28:19. Go ye therefore, and teach Greek, μαθητευσατε , disciple, or make disciples of, or, as Dr. Doddridge renders it, proselyte all nations. This includes the whole design of Christ’s commission. Baptizing and teaching are the two great branches of that general design: and these were to be determined by the circumstances of things; which made it necessary, in baptizing adult Jews or heathen, to teach them before they were baptized; in disciplining their children, to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 28:20

Matthew 28:20. Teaching them to observe all things, &c. Here we have, 1st, The duty of the apostles and ministers of Christ, which is, to teach his disciples to observe all things that he has commanded; that is, they must instruct them in all the doctrines and precepts taught by Christ, and inculcate upon them the necessity of understanding and believing the former, and obeying the latter; and must assist them in applying Christ’s general commands to particular cases. They must... 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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:17

doubted = hesitated. Greek. distazo. Occurs only in Matthew (here and in Matthew 14:31 ). The Greek aorist may he so rendered, especially in a parenthesis; and is so rendered in Matthew 16:5 .Luke 8:29 . John 18:24 , it should be in Matthew 26:48 and in Luke 22:44 also. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:18

came = approached (as in Matthew 28:9 ). spake . . . Saying. "Spake" referring to the act, and "saying" referring to the substance. power = authority. Greek. exousia. App-172 . is given = has (just, or lately) been given. heaven. Singular. See note on Matthew 6:9 , Matthew 6:10 . in = upon. Greek. epi. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:19

Go ye, &c. See App-167 . teach = disciple. Not the same word as in Matthew 28:20 . nations = the nations. baptizing . . . in. See App-115 Tr. and WI m. read "having baptized". in = into. Denoting object and purpose. Compare Matthew 3:11 .Acts 2:38 . the name. Singular. Not "names". This is the final definition of "the Name" of the One true God. Father. App-98 . the Holy Ghost = the Holy Spirit. Greek. pneuma. See App-101 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:20

always = all the days. unto = until. the end of the world = the completion, or consummation, of the age: i.e. that then current dispensation, when this apostolic commission might have ended. See App-129 ., and note on Matthew 13:39 . But as Israel did not then repent (Acts 3:19-26 ; Acts 28:25-28 ), hence all is postponed till Matthew 24:14 shall be taken up and fulfilled, "then shall the end ( telos ) of the sunteleia come". This particular commission was therefore postponed. See App-167... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 28:20

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 28:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 28:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 28:20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 28:16-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 28:20

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