I. Doubting in matters of religion. Doubt arises (1) from ignorance; (2) some kinds of doubt mark the course of inquiry; (3) other kinds indicate moral perversity, and are allied to unbelief.
II. The practical influence of doubting in matters of religion. (1) It is no apology for indifference; (2) it ought to stimulate inquiry; (3) it contains an element of belief; (4) it may be an ultimate benefit.
G. Brooks, Five Hundred Outlines of Sermons,p. 253
Verse Matthew 28:17. _BUT SOME DOUBTED._] That is, _Thomas_ only at first doubted. The expression simply intimates, that they did not all believe at that time. See the same form noticed on Matthew 26...
THEY WORSHIPPED HIM - Paid him honour as the Messiah. BUT SOME DOUBTED - As, for example, Thomas, John 20:25. The disciples had not expected his resurrection; they were therefore slow to believe. The...
14. HIS RESURRECTION AND THE GREAT COMMISSION. CHAPTER 28 _ 1. His Resurrection. (Matthew 28:1 .) 2. The Lying Report of the Jews.(Matthew 28:11 .) 3. The Great Commission. (Matthew 28:16 .)_ We ha
CONCLUSION. JESUS APPEARS IN GALILEE.The mountain (Matthew 28:16) reminds us of Matthew 5:1 or Matthew 17:1. The statement that some (rather, they) doubted brings the narrative into line with...
THE GREAT DISCOVERY (Matthew 28:1-10)...
So the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had instructed them to go. And they saw him and worshipped him; but some were not sure. Jesus came and spoke to them. "All power,...
DOUBTED. hesitated. Greek. _distazo._ Occurs only in Matthew (here and in Matthew 14:31). The Greek aorist may he so rendered, especially in. parenthesis; and is so rendered in Matthew 16:5.Luke 8:29;...
_worshipped him_ See note ch. Matthew 20:20. It is characteristic of St Matthew's Gospel that this word, which indicates the homage and prostration before a king, should occur twelve times, whereas it...
ΠΡΟΣΕΚΎΝΗΣΑΝ. See note, ch. Matthew 20:20. It is characteristic of St Matthew’s Gospel that this word, which indicates the homage and prostration before a king, should occur twelve times, whereas it i...
16, 17. JESUS APPEARS TO THE ELEVEN IN GALILEE Peculiar to St Matthew...
Ver 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...
_THE REACTION TO THE RESURRECTION MATTHEW 28:16-20:_ The resurrection called attention to Jesus' POWER. "Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority (power) has been given Me in heaven and on...
ΊΔΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Matthew 28:6. ΈΔΊΣΤΑΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΙΣΤΆΖΩ (G1365) сомневаться. Слово указывает на колебания, нерешительность и, возможно, неуверенность (Hagner)....
THEN THE ELEVEN DISCIPLES WENT AWAY, &C.— The time now approached when Jesus was to shew himself publicly in Galilee, after having frequently shewn himself in a more private manner to his disciples an...
SECTION 78 JESUS COMMISSIONS HIS DISCIPLES TO WORLD EVANGELISM TEXT: 28:16-20 16 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 17 And when they saw him...
And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. AND WHEN THEY SAW HIM, THEY WORSHIPPED HIM: BUT SOME DOUBTED - certainly none of "the Eleven," after what took place at previous inter...
5-8 Compare Mar_16:5-8; Luk_24:3-11. 9-10 Compare Mar_16:9-11. See Joh_20:17 18 This account is principally concerned with the rejection of the kingdom. How fitting that it should close with a previe...
28:17 doubted. (a-13) Or 'were at a loss [what to think],' 'hesitated.'...
THE RESURRECTION For the Resurrection see special article. 1-10. THE RESURRECTION AND APPEARANCE TO THE WOMEN (Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1; John 20:1). If it be remembered that a considerable number of women...
APPEARANCE ON A MOUNTAIN IN GALILEE (peculiar to St. Matthew, but there can be little doubt that the original ending of St. Mark, which is unfortunately lost, recorded the same appearance: see Mark 16...
THEY WORSHIPPED HIM] Certainly with divine worship: see John 20:28. BUT SOME DOUBTED] or, as the Gk. may perhaps be more correctly translated, 'but _others_ doubted,' i.e. not the Eleven, but others w...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 28 JESUS BECOMES ALIVE AGAIN 28:1-10 V1 The holy day had finished. Now it was dawn on the first day of the week. So Mary Magdalene a...
THEY WORSHIPPED HIM — i.e., fell prostrate at His feet. The act, as has been said, was not new in itself, but it seems certain that our Lord’s manifestations of His Presence after the Resurrection had...
CHAPTER 21 The Gospel for all the Nations through "All the Days" - Matthew 28:16 The brief concluding passage is all St. Matthew gives us of the thirty-nine days which followed the Resurrection and p...
very meagre statement, the whole interest of the evangelist being absorbed by the words spoken by Jesus. προσεκύνησαν as in Matthew 28:9, but the men less demonstrative than the women; no mention of s...
_The meeting in Galilee_, peculiar to Mt....
THE GREAT COMMISSION, OF THE RISEN LORD Matthew 28:11-20 What absurdity in this mendacious explanation! How could the soldiers know who stole the body, if they were _asleep?_ Skeptics have to believe...
“He is not here, He is risen!" That, surely, is the sweetest music. How beautifully it crowns the King. His enemies have rejected Him, and have proved their malice by handing Him over to their common,...
_They adored: but some doubted. This, says Theophylactus, need not be understood of the apostles, but of others, who had not seen Christ after his resurrection. It may also be expounded of those disci...
OUR LORD MEETS THE APOSTLES, AND MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED BRETHREN, ON A MOUNTAIN IN GALILEE “Then He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at once; many of whom remain till now, but some indeed...
"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." The only circumstance here of not...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
17._But some doubted. _It is wonderful that, after they had twice seen Christ, still _some doubted. _If any one choose to view this as referring to the first appearance, there will be no absurdity in...
I shall examine the details of the resurrection elsewhere Here I only consider its bearing in this Gospel. The sabbath ended (Saturday evening with us chapter 28), the two Marys come to see the sepulc...
AND WHEN, THEY SAW HIM, THEY WORSHIPPED HIM,.... With divine adoration, as the eternal Son of God; for so he was now declared to be by his resurrection from the dead, Romans 1:4, BUT SOME DOUBTED; or...
And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. Ver. 17. _They worshipped him, but some doubted_] Even while they worshipped, they doubted; yet was not their worship rejected. The Lord...
_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...
WORSHIPPED HIM; as the Son of God and the Saviour of men. SOME DOUBTED; whether his resurrection was real....
THE GREAT MISSIONARY COMMAND. Matthew 28:16...
AND WHEN THEY SAW HIM, THEY WORSHIPED HIM; BUT SOME DOUBTED....
The Sabbath coming to an end, the two Mary's arrive at the grave early in the morning. Some have thought that Mary Magdalene came twice, though this does not seem clear, except that she evidently retu...
16-20 This evangelist passes over other appearances of Christ, recorded by Luke and John, and hastens to the most solemn; one appointed before his death, and after his resurrection. All that see the...
Ver. 16,17. The other evangelists mention several other appearances of Christ, which we shall consider when we come to them. This was in Galilee, upon Christ's appointment either before or after his r...
Matthew 28:17 G2532 saw G1492 (G5631) Him G846 worshiped G4352 (G5656) Him G846 but G1161 doubted...
THE FINAL TRIUMPH (28:7-20). Following this remarkable experience of the women, we now come to the climax of the Gospel, the resurrection appearances and the giving of the Great Commission. The subsec...
JESUS APPEARS TO HIS DISCIPLES IN BODILY FORM AND REVEALS THAT HE HAS BEEN CROWNED AS LORD OF ALL. HE SENDS HIS DISCIPLES OUT TO PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS TO ALL NATIONS AND TO CALL ON THEM TO OBSERVE AL...
‘And when they saw him, they worshipped him. But some doubted.' It is not likely that the eleven went alone. They could hardly have disappeared from among the other brethren and the sisters without gi...
The two incidents of this section seem to have been placed together, to mark a contrast Judaism reaches its lowest point, when it must bribe heathen soldiers to lie for it. Matthew would thus lead the...
Matthew 28:17. THEY WORSHIPPED HIM _._ The word might mean something less than religious worship, but it does mean that in many cases; the matter could scarcely be mentioned, if it meant less here. B...
BUT SOME DOUBTED (ο δε εδιστασαν). From δις (in two, divided in mind). Cf. Matthew 14:31. The reference is not to the eleven who were all now convinced after some doubt, but to the others present. P...
Matthew 28:16. _Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them._ Away from the haunts of men, where he had been wont to be, in a country familiar to...
Matthew 28:1. _In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher._ While the Jewish Sabbath lasted, they pai...
CONTENTS: Resurrection of Jesus. Jesus in Galilee and the great commission. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, 2 Marys, disciples. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ is declared to be the Son of God with pow...
The history and evidences of our Saviour's resurrection, being of infinite importance, are reserved to the last chapter of St. John. Matthew 28:1. _In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn towar...
THEY WORSHIPPED HIM. As did the women in Matthew 28:9. EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THEM DOUBTED. Not Thomas or the other apostles (John 20:26-29). Probably those who had not been at Jerusalem, as they are at...
_Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee._ ON THE MOUNTAIN I. Is the world’s need any less now than it was then? The needs of the human soul are still unsupplied by any material satisfaction...
_But some doubted._ DOUBTS I. Philosophic doubts. All men are not philosophers, and cannot reason as Descartes did from self to all outside. We must accept some axioms without proof. II. Rationalis...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 28:1 The Resurrection and Commission of the Messiah. Matthew’s concluding chapter recounts Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. His resurrection confirms his identity and shows t...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 28:17 SOME DOUBTED probably refers to people other than the 11 disciples (see note on v. 10)....
CHAPTER 28 _In the evening of the Sabbath_ (Vulg.), _as the first day of the week was dawning_, &c. How could it be called evening if day was dawning, or even if, as S. Mark says, the sun were risen?...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 28:16. THEN.—_But_ (R.V.). Certainly not before the second week after the resurrection, and probably somewhat later (_Brown_). THE ELEVEN DISCIPLES.—They come forward here as...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 28:1 _Jesus rises from the dead, and appears to the holy women. _(Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1; John 20
In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of t...
1 Corinthians 15:6; John 5:23; Matthew 28:9; Matthew 16:28; Psalms 2:
Worshipped [π ρ ο σ ε κ υ ν η σ α ν]. As in ver. 9. Prostrated themselves. The first time that the disciples are described as doing so....
THE SEVEN MIRACULOUS EVENTS Matthew 28:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The events centered around the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ were miraculous to say the least. One miracle generally c...