Interpretation of Matthew 28 chapter. Bible online

1 And after the Sabbath had passed, at dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for the Angel of the Lord came down from heaven and came and rolled away the stone from the door of the tomb and sat on it;

3 His appearance was like lightning, and his raiment was white as snow;

4 Fearful of him, those who guarded them trembled and became as if they were dead;

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5 The angel turned his speech to the women and said, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified;

6 He is not here - He has risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay,

Resurrection. Artist Andrea Mantegna 1457-1459

7 And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead and is going before you into Galilee; you will see Him there. Here, I told you.

8 And they hastily came out of the tomb and ran with fear and great joy to tell His disciples.

9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them and said, Rejoice! And they came, grabbed His feet and worshiped Him.

10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go, tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.

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11 And as they went on, some of the guard entered the city and declared to the chief priests everything that had happened.

12 And they, having gathered together with the elders and taken counsel, gave enough money to the soldiers,

13 And they said: Say that His disciples came by night and stole Him while we were sleeping;

14 And if word of this reaches the governor, we will convince him and save you from trouble.

15 They took the money and did as they had been taught; and this word spread among the Jews to this day.

16 So the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus commanded them,

17 And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but others doubted.

18 And Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.”

19 Go therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

20 Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.

After the Sabbath had passed, at dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

And behold, there was a great earthquake, for the Angel of the Lord, who came down from heaven, came and rolled away the stone from the door of the tomb and sat on it;

his appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow;

Frightened by him, those guarding them trembled and became as if they were dead;

The angel, turning his speech to the women, said: Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus crucified;

He is not here - He has risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay,

and go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead and is going before you to Galilee; you will see Him there. Here, I told you.

And, hastily leaving the tomb, they ran with fear and great joy to tell His disciples.

When they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them and said: Rejoice! And they came, grabbed His feet and worshiped Him.

Then Jesus says to them: Do not be afraid; go, tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.

This is Matthew's story of the empty tomb. By the way, it was very fortunate that it was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary who should have been the first to learn the news about the Risen Lord and see Him. They were at the Cross and they were present at the burial, and now - a reward for love - they were the first to know the joy of the Resurrection.

When we read the story of the first two women in the world to see the empty tomb and the Risen Christ, three commands follow from this, in our opinion.

1. They should believe. What happened was so stunning that it seems impossible to believe; it's too big to be true. An angel reminds the women of Jesus' promise and shows them the empty tomb; his every word is a call to believe. Even now, many believe that the promises of Christ are too high for this to be true. You can dispel your hesitation if you take Him at His word.

3. They should rejoice. The Risen Christ greets them with a word hairete; this word was usually used as a greeting, but in the literal sense it means “Rejoice!” A person who has met the Risen Lord must always live in the joy of His presence, from which no one else can separate him.

Matthew 28:11-15 Last resort

As they walked, some of the guards entered the city and announced to the high priests everything that had happened.

And these, having gathered with the elders and held a meeting, gave enough money to the soldiers,

and they said: Say that His disciples came at night and stole Him while we were sleeping;

and if rumors about this reach the ruler, we will convince him and save you from trouble.

They, having taken the money, acted as they were taught; and this word spread among the Jews to this day.

When some of those on guard came to the high priests and told them the story of the empty tomb, this greatly worried the Jewish leaders. Have all their plans failed? So they came up with a simple plan: they bribed the soldiers and told them to say that while they were sleeping, the disciples came and stole the body of Jesus. It is interesting to note what means the Jewish authorities used in their desperate attempts to eliminate Jesus. They used betrayal to take Him. They judged Him illegally. They slandered to accuse Him before Pontius Pilate. And now they wanted to silence the truth about Him with bribes and bribes. And they failed. Great truth and it will triumph, says the Latin proverb. History shows that ultimately, all human machinations cannot hide or stop the truth. The gospel of virtue is higher than evil conspiracies.

Matthew 28:16-20 The Shining of the Last Promise

The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus commanded them,

and when they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but others doubted.

And Jesus approached and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.”

Go therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.

Here we come to the end of the gospel story; here we hear the last words of Jesus to His disciples. And in that final meeting, Jesus did three things.

1. He assured His disciples of the authority given to Him. Of course, everything was in the power of the One who died and conquered death. Now they were slaves of the Lord, whose power on earth and in heaven was undeniable.

2. He gave them an assignment. He sent them to make the whole world His disciples. It may well be that the command to baptize represents some development of the actual words of Jesus. This is debatable; It is important, however, to emphasize that Jesus commissioned His disciples to convince all people and bring them to Him.

3. He promised them His presence. To the eleven humble Galileans it might have seemed shocking and overwhelming that they were sent to conquer the whole world. When they heard this, their hearts must have sank. But after the commission was given to them, it was immediately followed by a promise. They were sent, like us, to accomplish the greatest task in the world, but with them always was the greatest in the world: Jesus Christ.

After the Sabbath had passed, at dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord came down from heaven and came and rolled away the stone from the door of the tomb and sat on it; his appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. Frightened by him, the guards began to tremble and became as if they were dead. The angel, turning his speech to the women, said: Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus crucified, He is not here: He has risen, as He said; come, see the place where the Lord lay, and go quickly, tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see Him there. Here, I told you. And hastily leaving the tomb, they ran with fear and great joy to tell His disciples.

“On Saturday evening” is equivalent to what is said in Luke: “in the deep morning” and in Mark: “at sunrise,” for by the sun here we should mean the morning rays of the sun. When the eighth hour of the night comes, then the beginning of the next day, and, as they think, morning comes; That is why then, on the one hand, it was Saturday evening, and on the other, the beginning of the Day of the Lord, which day the Evangelist calls “one of the Sabbaths,” for the days of the week were called Saturdays, and the first was one, so that the Day of the Lord is “ one from the Sabbaths,” that is, the first of the days of the week; the one closest to this first was called the second, then the third, and then the rest. The Lord rose again while the stone was still lying on the tomb. After the resurrection of the Lord, an angel comes to roll away the stone and give the women entry into the tomb. The earthquake is done so that the guards awaken and understand the novelty of what happened. So, the Lord rose again for three days. How are three days counted? At the eighth hour the heel was crucified; from this until the ninth there is darkness: for me this is considered a night; then from the ninth hour - light: this is day, - this is the day: night and day. Next, Friday night and Saturday are the second day. Again, the night of Saturday and the morning of the Lord's Day, designated by Matthew: “one of the Sabbaths, at dawn,” for the morning is taken into account for the whole day - this is the third day. And otherwise you can count three days: on Friday the Lord gave up the spirit, that’s one day; on Saturday I was in the tomb, that is another day; On the night of the Lord's day he rose again, but from his part the Lord's day is counted as another day, so that's three days. For also about the deceased, if one died around the tenth hour of the day, and another around the first hour of the same day, then they say that they both died on the same day. I have another way to tell you how to count three days and three nights. Listen! On Thursday evening the Lord celebrated supper and said to the disciples: “Take, eat My body.” Since He had the power to lay down His soul according to His will, it is clear that then He also slaughtered Himself, just as He taught His disciples the body, for no one eats anything unless it has been slaughtered first. Consider: in the evening He presented His body, that night and day of Friday until the sixth hour is one day; then, from the sixth hour to the ninth there is darkness, and from the ninth until the evening there is light again - that’s the second day; again night on the heel and day of Saturday - this is the third day; On Saturday night the Lord rose again: that's three full days. Matthew says about the angel that he was sitting on a stone, while Mark says that, having rolled away the stone, he sat inside the tomb on the right side. Are they saying the opposite? No! Apparently, the angel first appeared sitting on a stone, and then, when the women entered, he led them and again appeared inside the tomb sitting on the right side. He said to the wives: Do not be afraid, that is, the guards are worthy to be afraid, but you, disciples of the Lord, do not be afraid. After he frees them from fear, he preaches the good news to them about the resurrection, for it was necessary to first drive out fear and then preach the good news. He is not ashamed to call the Lord crucified, for he boasts of the cross, as if it were some kind of victorious trophy that has brought us all the blessings.

When they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them and said: Rejoice! And they came, grabbed His feet and worshiped Him. Then Jesus says to them: Do not be afraid; go, tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.

Since the female sex was condemned to sorrow, the Lord, through His resurrection, brought joy to the female sex and blessed it. For this reason, they, out of deep reverence for Him and honor, hold His feet, not daring, due to modesty, to touch other parts of the body, except for the extreme parts of His body. Some say that they deliberately grabbed His feet in order to find out whether He had truly risen and whether it was a dream, or whether it was a spirit, for they thought that it was a spirit. So then both Marys touched His feet; according to John, Mary Magdalene tries to touch, but is not allowed to touch her. This is because she wanted to always be with Him, as before, or better: through this it is not allowed, according to John, to touch Jesus, that this is unnecessary, for after she, as Matthew says, touched His feet, what Was there still a need to touch again? So she is not allowed, as she wants too much.

As they walked, some of the guards entered the city and announced to the high priests everything that had happened. And these, having gathered with the elders and held a meeting, gave enough money to the soldiers and said: say that His disciples, coming at night, stole Him while we were sleeping, and if rumor of this reaches the governor, we will convince Him and you from trouble we'll deliver. Having taken the money, they acted as they were taught. And this word spread among the Jews to this day. The guards announced everything: that there was an earthquake, that the stone fell away by itself, that they, being frightened, became as if dead. But the Jews, not understanding either the miracles that took place during the suffering, or what was testified by the soldiers and what happened at the tomb, infect the soldiers with their own passion of love of money, convincing them to say what is most wicked and craziest of all: that He was stolen. But how, O madmen, did the disciples, who locked themselves out of fear and did not dare to come out, steal? If they had stolen it, how would they subsequently die for Him, preaching that He had risen and suffering for the lie?

The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus commanded them, and when they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but others doubted. And Jesus drawing near said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen. According to John, Jesus first appeared to the disciples on the very day of the resurrection, when the doors were locked; then - after eight days, when Thomas also believed. Then, when they were thinking of going to Galilee, and not all of them had yet been gathered together, but some of them were fishing on the Sea of ​​Tiberias, then the Lord appeared to one of the seven who were fishing. What Matthew speaks of happened afterward, precisely when what John narrates happened first, for he often appeared to them over the course of forty days, first coming and then leaving again, but not always and not being present with them everywhere. So, the eleven supreme disciples with all the other followers bowed to Christ. “And others doubted” instead of: some doubted. This should be understood this way: eleven disciples went to Galilee, these eleven worshiped Him; “others” (instead of “some”), probably out of seventy, doubted Christ. However, in the end, these too were strengthened in faith. Some, however, understand this: Matthew did not try to say who the doubters were, but what he did not try to say, John said, that the doubter was Thomas. However, it could also happen that everyone doubted, as Luke actually says. Therefore, you must understand that, having come to Galilee, the disciples worshiped Christ, but these same ones who worshiped in Galilee had previously doubted in Jerusalem, as Luke says. Jesus told them that “all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.” It comes down to this: as God and Creator, I have always had power over everything - for “everything serves You,” David says to God (Psalm 119:91), - but I did not have voluntary submission; now I think to have it too, for now everything will be subject to Me, since with My cross I have defeated the one who has the power of death. Submission is twofold: one is involuntary, according to which we are all slaves of God in captivity, like demons; but there is an arbitrary submission, according to which Paul was a servant of Christ. Before, when everyone had only involuntary submission, the Savior had half the power over everything, but after the cross, when the knowledge of God became available to everyone and when everyone submitted to voluntary submission, Christ appropriately says that “now I have received all power.” Previously, I had power only partially, for they served Me only involuntarily, since I am the Creator; Now, when people serve Me wisely, I have already been given all and complete power. From whom was it given to Him? He accepted it from Himself and from His humility, for if He had not humbled himself and fought the enemy through the cross, he would not have saved us; so “power was given to Me,” understand this: through My own exploits and labors I saved people, and they became My inheritance, the chosen people. Therefore, on earth the Lord has power, since the whole earth has come to know Him, and in heaven because the reward for those who believe in Him and residence are in heaven. On the other hand, since human nature, first condemned, and then hypostatically united with God the Word, sits in heaven, receiving worship from the angels, it speaks decently; “All authority in heaven has been given to Me,” for the human nature, which was formerly a servant, now in Christ rules over all things. In short, understand: “all authority has been given to Me” - if you accept this as spoken by God’s Word - that all authority has been given to Me, since now, both involuntarily and together by will, those who formerly served Me recognize Me as God. by the method of only involuntary submission. If what is being said is from human nature, then understand that I, the previously condemned nature, now, through an unmerged union with the Son of God, have become God, I, this nature, have received power over everything, so that angels worship me in heaven, and on earth I am glorified by all ends. Therefore, the Lord no longer sends His disciples to the Jews alone, but since He received power over everyone, having sanctified all human nature in Himself, He decently sends them to all languages, instructing them to baptize “in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” So, let Arius and Sabellius be put to shame! Arius - since the Lord said to baptize not in names, but in the name; the three have one name - Deity. Sabellius - since the Lord mentioned three persons, and not one person (as Sabellius talks nonsense), as if he had three names and was sometimes called the Father, sometimes the Son, and sometimes the Spirit; The Lord mentioned three persons who have one name - God. Further, since it is not enough to be baptized only, but one must also do good after baptism, he says: “teaching them to keep everything that I have commanded you,” not one or two, but all My commandments. Let us fear, brethren, knowing that even if one thing remained unobserved among us, we would not be perfect servants of Christ, for we are required to keep everything. See the speech of the Lord, how it embraces both heads of Christianity: theology and active virtue. For, having said that we should baptize in the name of the Trinity, He taught us theology, and by saying that we should teach and keep the commandments, He also brought us active virtue. Encouraging His disciples (since He sent them to the pagans to slaughter and danger), He says that “do not be afraid, because I will be with you until the end of the age.” See also how he reminded them of his death in order to encourage them to despise danger even more. Do not be afraid, he says, everything will have an end, whether it be worldly grief or prosperity; Therefore, do not be discouraged by sorrows, for they will pass, nor be deceived by blessings, for they will end. However, this did not apply to just the apostles: to remain with them, but also to all His disciples in general, for, undoubtedly, the apostles did not have to live until the end of the world. So, both to us and to those who will come after us, this is promised; however, it is not so that He will be present until the end, and after the end will depart. No! Then it will especially abide with us and, moreover, in the clearest and most obvious way, for the word “before,” wherever it is found used in Scripture, does not exclude what will happen after.

So, having given thanks to the Lord, who is here with us and provides every good thing, and who again has the most perfect ability to remain with us after death, let us conclude here our explanation for the glory of Him, to Him belongs all thanksgiving and glory and honor forever and ever. Amen.

XV. TRIUMPH OF THE KING (Ch. 28)

A. The empty tomb and the risen Lord (28:1-10)

28,1-4 At dawn on the first day of the week (Sunday) two Marys came to see the coffin. When they came, there was a great earthquake. The Angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came, rolled away the stone from the door of the tomb and sat on it. Roman guards, frightened by this blinding white light, they became as if they were dead.

28,5-6 The angel convinced women, that they have nothing to fear. The one they are looking for resurrected like promised: "Come, see the place where the Lord lay." The stone was rolled away not to let the Lord out, but so that the women could see that He had risen.

28,7-10 Then the angel instructed the women go quickly announce this good news To his students. The Lord is alive again and will meet them in Galilee. As they went to tell the apostles this, Jesus appeared to them, greeting them with a single word "Rejoice!"(“Rejoice” is a common Greek greeting; on the morning of the Resurrection, the literal translation of this word seems most appropriate.)

They responded by grabbing legs Him and worshiping Him. Then He personally instructed them to announce to the disciples that they would see Him in Galilee.

B. Warriors bribed with lies (28:11-15)

28,11 Coming to my senses some of the warriors went timidly to the high priests, to tell them the news. They did not complete the task assigned to them! The coffin was empty!

28,12-13 One can imagine the horror that befell the religious leaders. The priests held a secret meeting with the elders to strategize. In desperation they bribed warriors, so that they start a fantastic gossip about what, when they slept, the students stole body of Jesus.

This explanation raises more questions than it answers. Why were the soldiers sleeping when they should have been awake? How could the disciples roll away the stone without waking them up? How could all the warriors fall asleep at the same time? If they were asleep, how do they know the disciples stole the body?

If their story is true, then why were they bribed to tell such a story? If the disciples stole the body, then why did they waste time taking off the burial clothes and folding the cloth? (Luke 24:12; John 20:6-7).

28,14 In fact, the soldiers were paid to tell a story incriminating themselves: under Roman law, sleeping on duty was punishable by death. Therefore, the Jewish leaders promised to stand up for them if rumor about it somehow it will come to Emperor.

The Sanhedrin knew that if the truth justifies itself, then the lie must be supported by many other deceptions.

28,15 Yet among many Jews this myth continues to live to this day, and among pagans too. There are other myths. Wilbur Smith outlines two of them:

1. The first assumption is this: the women went to the wrong coffin. Think about this for a minute. Could you forget the location of a loved one's coffin between Friday afternoon and Sunday morning? Moreover, we are not talking about the cemetery of Joseph of Arimathea. This was his personal garden. There were no other coffins there. Now let's assume that there were other coffins that in fact were not, and that the women with tear-stained eyes walked around, searched, and came to the wrong coffin. Let's say this happened to women. But Simon Peter and John, two fishermen with weary hands who did not cry, also went to the tomb and found it empty. Do you think they got the coffins mixed up? Moreover, when they came to the tomb and found it empty, there was an angel who said: “He is not here; He has risen. Come, see the place where the Lord lay!” Do you think the angel entered the wrong coffin? Don't forget that these stories were made up by smart people!

2. Others suggested that Jesus did not die, but lost consciousness, and then somehow came to his senses in the damp tomb and walked out. A huge stone was rolled over the coffin, sealed with the seals of the Roman government. No one has ever been able to roll away the stone from inside the coffin, which was rolled here on an incline and placed in a groove. Jesus would not have come out of the tomb because he was a bleeding invalid. The simple truth is that the resurrection of the Lord Jesus is a fully proven historical fact. After His suffering, He appeared to the disciples alive, with many proofs that cannot be refuted. Think about these special occasions when He appeared as His:

1. Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:9-11);

2. Women (Matt. 28:8-10);

3. Peter (Luke 24:34);

4. To two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-32);

5. Disciples other than Thomas (John 20:19-25)

6. Disciples and Thomas (John 20:26-31);

7. To the seven disciples at the Sea of ​​Galilee (John 21);

8. More than 500 believers (1 Cor. 15:7);

9. Jacob (1 Cor. 15:7);

10. To the disciples on the Mount of Olives (Acts 1:3-12).

"One of the main foundation stones of our Christian faith, unshakable and immovable, is the historical certainty of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Here you and I can stand and fight for the faith, because this event cannot be disproved. It can be denied, but it cannot be disproved."(Wilbur Smith, "In the Study", Moody Monthly April, 1969.)

B. Great Commission (28:16-20)

28,16-17 In Galilee, the risen Lord Jesus appeared as His students on an unknown mountain. The same phenomenon is recorded in Mark. 16:15-18 and 1 Cor. 15.6. What a wonderful reunion! His suffering is gone forever. He is alive, and therefore they will live. He stood before them in a glorified body. They worshiped the living, loving Lord, although doubts still lingered in the minds of some of them.

28,18 Then the Lord explained to them that He all authority has been given in heaven and on earth. In a sense, of course, He always had all the power. But here He speaks of the power that is given to Him as the Head of the new creation. After His death and resurrection, He received the power to give eternal life to everyone whom God gave Him (John 17:2). He has always had power as the Firstborn of all creation. But now that He had completed the work of redemption, He gained authority as the Firstborn of those who had fallen asleep, “that in all things He might have the preeminence” (Col. 1:15,18).

28,19-20 As the Head of the new creation, He gave the Great Commission containing “lasting orders” for all believers during the present phase of the Kingdom - the time between the resurrection of the King and His second coming.

This instruction contains three commands, not proposals:

1. “Go therefore and teach all nations.” This does not involve converting the entire world. As they preached the gospel, the disciples were to see others become disciples, or followers, of the Savior—from every nation, tribe, people, and tongue.

2. Baptize "them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." Christ's messengers are responsible for teaching what baptism is and insisting that it is a command to be obeyed. Christians publicly identify themselves with the Divine Trinity. They confess that God is their Father, Jesus Christ is their Lord and Savior, and the Holy Spirit is the One who lives in them, strengthens them, and teaches them. "Name" in verse 19 it is singular. One Name, or being, but three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

3. Teach "them to observe all that I have commanded you." This Great Commission involves more than evangelism; It is not enough to simply lead people to faith and then leave them to fend for themselves. They should be taught to obey the commandments of Christ that we find in the NT. The essence of discipleship is that we become more and more like our Lord, and this is precisely what is accomplished by systematic training and submission to the Word of God.

Then the Savior made a promise to His disciples to be with them until the end century. They will not go forward alone, deprived of His help. In every place of their ministry and in all their ways the Son of God will accompany them.

Notice that this Great Commission uses the word “all” four times in different variations: all powers, all nations, observe everything, all the days.

So the Gospel concludes with the Great Commission and the comfort of our glorious Lord. Almost twenty centuries later, these words have the same conviction, the same relevance and the same application. This task has not yet been completed.

What do we do to fulfill Jesus' final commission?

Resurrection of Jesus.

Matthew 28:1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

Matthew 28:2 And behold there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and rolled away the stone and sat on top of it.

Matthew 28:3 And his appearance was like lightning, and his raiment was white as snow.

Matthew 28:4 But those who were watching were shaken with fear at sight and they became like dead men.

Matthew 28:5 The angel answered and said to the women: “Do not be afraid! For I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

Matthew 28:6 He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come over And see the place where he lay He.

Matthew 28:7 And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen He from the dead. And now he goes ahead of you to Galilee, there you will see Him. Here I told you."

Jesus appears to women.

Matthew 28:8 And they went They They ran quickly from the tomb with fear and with great joy to tell His disciples.

Matthew 28:9 And behold, Jesus met them And said: “Rejoice!” They came up, clasped His feet and worshiped Him.

Matthew 28:10 Then Jesus said to them: “Do not be afraid! Go And tell my brothers to go to Galilee and there they will see me.”

Religious leaders bribe the guards.

Matthew 28:11 And as they walked, they met some from guards, and when they came into the city, they told the high priests about everything that happened.

Matthew 28:12 And All, gathered with the elders, made a decision and enough a lot of silver pieces were given to the soldiers,

Matthew 28:13 saying: “Say that His disciples came at night and stole Him while we were sleeping.

Matthew 28:14 And if the governor hears about this, we will convince him and make you carefree.”

Matthew 28:15 And they took the pieces of silver and did as they were instructed. And this word was spread among the Jews to this day.

The Great Commission.

Matthew 28:16 And the eleven disciples went into Galilee to the mountain, as Jesus commanded them,

Matthew 28:17 And when they saw Him, they worshiped, but others doubted.

Matthew 28:18 Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Matthew 28:19 So go And make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit!

Matthew 28:20 AND teach them to comply with everything , What commanded I to you. And behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the age.