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Matthew 28

The TorahRooted Bible (TRB), translated directly from the Hebrew and Greek.

The resurrection

1 Now after the Shabbat, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Miriam Magdalene and the other Miriam came to see the tomb. 2 And see, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. 4 And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men. 5 But the angel answered and said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Yeshua who was crucified. 6 He is not here; for He has risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead, and see, He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. See, I have told you." 8 So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word.

9 And as they went to tell His disciples, see, Yeshua met them, saying, "Greetings!" So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. 10 Then Yeshua said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me."

The report of the guard

11 Now while they were going, see, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all the things that had happened. 12 When they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, 13 saying, "Tell them, 'His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept.' 14 And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you secure." 15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

The commission

16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Yeshua had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. 18 And Yeshua came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and see, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

Notes

  • 28:1 The Greek begins opse de sabbatōn: opse means "late," and with this construction it can also mean "after," and sabbatōn is plural, so it can be read "after the Shabbats." The first day of the week is mia sabbatōn, literally "one of the Shabbats": "Shabbats" stands for the week, counted from one Shabbat to the next, and "one" is a Hebrew way of saying "first," as in "one day" (Genesis 1:5). The plural is often used for a single Shabbat or for the week, so this verse alone does not settle how many Shabbats fell in that week. The verse tells when the women came to the tomb; it does not say at what hour He rose, only that by then He had risen (verse 6).
  • 28:15 Matthew, a Jew writing for readers steeped in the Scriptures of Israel, speaks of a report still told among his own people in his day (Ioudaioi can also mean "Judeans"); in the middle of the second century Justin Martyr also mentions this story. The story itself takes for granted that the tomb was empty; the question was why.
  • 28:19 The TRB follows the Majority Text, which has no "therefore" here; many Bibles, following other manuscripts, read "Go therefore." The one command is "make disciples" (mathēteusate); going, baptizing and teaching describe how it is done. Yeshua had first sent the twelve only to "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (10:5-6); now the message goes out to all the nations, where, as the prophets said, Israel had been scattered: "now they are among the nations" (Hosea 8:8).
  • 28:20 "Observe" is tēreō, "keep, guard," the word the Greek Scriptures use for keeping God's commandments, like the Hebrew shamar; what Yeshua commanded includes His teaching that not one jot or one tittle will pass from the Torah (5:17-19). The Gospel that began with "Immanuel," "Elohim with us" (1:23), ends with "I am with you always." The closing "Amen" is found in the Majority Text; many modern Bibles leave it out.

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