Matthew 28:9

Matthew 28:9. The first clause is to be omitted, but the sense is not affected.

Behold, Jesus met them. This (the second) appearance is mentioned by Matthew only. Luke 24:24: ‘but Him they saw not,' is a report of what the two disciples had heard before they left Jerusalem.

All hail. A joyous salutation.

Took hold of his feet. In mingled fear and joy. The action was very natural in such circumstances, and was allowed to strengthen the evidence of His resurrection (comp. on the other hand, John 20:17). In Mary's case this was not necessary.

And worshipped him . Before the resurrection, ‘worship' had been rendered to Jesus by strangers, not by the disciples. We therefore think that religious worship is here meant, not mere reverence, though the word often has the latter sense. ‘The intercourse and companionship of the Lord, after His resurrection, with His disciples, during the forty days of joy, bore manifestly a different character from what they did before His death. Through His death and resurrection, the glorification of His body had begun' (Lisco).