Matthew 28:17

They saw Jesus there, and they felt really happy, and they showed him strong respect. But some of them were thinking, “Is this really Jesus? I don’t know.”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

In Context

16The women told Jesus’s message to his 11 special workers. Then those men remembered that Jesus told them to meet him on a mountain in Galilee, so they went there.

18Then Jesus said to them, “God, my father, has made me boss over everything now. I’m boss over everything up in heaven. And I’m boss over everything down here on the earth.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:12Yes, you have to show him proper respect. If you don’t respect God, he will quickly get angry, and he will suddenly finish you up. But God looks after everyone that trusts him. He will keep them safe, and they will be really happy.

John 5:23My father did that so that everyone will respect me, just like they respect him. If you don’t respect me, you are not respecting my father. He is the one that sent me to you.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 28:17-20

The Apostolic Commission. 16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway,… Read the whole commentary →

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