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Matthew 28: An empty tomb near Jerusalem, and the mountain in Galilee

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Matthew 27:57ESV

When it was evening, there came a rich man from , named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.

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Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to ; there you will see him. See, I have told you.”

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

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Now the eleven disciples went to , to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.

Matthew 27

At dawn after the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary find the stone rolled back and an angel who tells them Jesus has risen and is going before the disciples to Galilee. Jesus meets them and repeats the word: his brothers are to go to Galilee, and there they will see him. Some of the guard go into the city and are paid by the chief priests to say the body was stolen, and the eleven go to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had directed them to, where he sends them to make disciples of all nations.

Map of Matthew 28: An empty tomb near Jerusalem, and the mountain in Galilee — 1 sites plotted

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Verses 7, 10 and 16: Galilee, where the angel and then Jesus say the disciples will see him, and where the eleven go to the mountain.

  • Named three times: the angel says Jesus is going before the disciples to Galilee (verse 7), Jesus tells the women his brothers are to go there (verse 10), and the eleven go to Galilee, to an unnamed mountain, where they see and worship him (verses 16-17). Galilee is the northern region around the lake.

    the northern region as a whole; the representative point the sources give falls in the Sea of Galilee, and the text does not name the mountain

Verse 11: the city the guards go into to report to the chief priests.

  • Meant by "the city" (verse 11), where some of the guard report to the chief priests and are paid to say the disciples stole the body. The tomb of the chapter's opening is outside it; Matthew does not name its site.

    Today: Jerusalem

Matthew 28, verse by verse

  1. Matthew 28:7Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to ; there you will see him. See, I have told you.”
  2. Matthew 28:10Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to , and there they will see me.”
  3. Matthew 28:16Now the eleven disciples went to , to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.