Scofield's Bible Commentary
Matthew 28:20
end of the world
consummation of the age.
end of the world
consummation of the age.
MATTHEW 28:20 aivw/noj. {A} After aivw/noj most manuscripts, followed by the Textus Receptus, terminate the Gospel with avmh,n, reflecting the liturgical usage of the text. If the word had been prese...
Verse Matthew 28:20. _TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS_] Men are _ignorant_ of Divine things, and must be _taught_. Only those can be considered as proper _teachers_ of the ignorant who are thorou...
LO, I AM WITH YOU - That is, by my Spirit, my providence, my attending counsel and guidance. I will strengthen, assist, and direct you. This also proves that Christ is divine. If he is a mere man, or...
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,...
ALWAYS. all the days. UNTO. until. THE END OF THE WORLD. the completion, or consummation, of the age: i.e. that then current dispensation, when this apostolic commission might have ended. See App-129...
_I am with you alway_ The Lord Jesus had already taught His disciples during the forty days how He could be present with them and yet be unseen by them. They could then the more easily believe this pr...
THE LAST CHARGE TO THE APOSTLES...
The evidence against the final ἀμὴν is very strong: אABD, many versions and Fathers. 20. ΜΕΘʼ ὙΜΩ͂Ν ΕἸΜΊ. The Lord Jesus had already taught His disciples during the forty days how He could be present...
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...
ΔΙΔΆΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΔΙΔΆΣΚΩ (G1321) учить. Part, образа действия, ΤΗΡΕΊV _praes. inf. act. от_ ΤΗΡΈΩ (G5083) беречь, хранить, соблюдать. _Inf._ передает содержание учения, ΈΝΕΤΕΙΛΆΜΗΝ...
DISCOURSE: 1415 THE APOSTLES’ COMMISSION Matthew 28:18. And Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizin...
TEACHING THEM, &C.— Christ commands that nothing should be taught which he himself had not taught: whence it is evident thatevery thing fundamental may be found in the Gospel; and that even the apostl...
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...
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, TEACHING THEM, [ didaskontes (G1321)]. This is teaching in the more usual sense of the term; or instructing the converted...
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...
TEACHING THEM] 'Next because it is not sufficient merely to be baptised, but it is necessary also to do good works after baptism, He saith, “Teaching them to observe all things whatever I commanded yo...
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...
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...
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...
ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER I HAVE COMMANDED YOU. — The words obviously point, in the first instance, to the teaching of our Lord recorded in the Gospels — the new laws of life, exceeding broad and deep, of...
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...
διδάσκοντες α., teaching them, present participle, implying that Christian instruction is to be a continuous process, not subordinate to and preparing for baptism, but continuing after baptism with a...
_he final commission_....
_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,...
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you (g) alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen. (g) Forever: and this refers to the manner of the presen...
Behold I am with you all days, even to the end of the world, embraces two points necessary for the Church; viz. integrity of doctrine, and sanctity of life; for, if either of these should be wanting t...
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...
REFLECTIONS OH! for grace to receive and believe the record God hath given of his dear Son. Surely, the Lord hath furnished for his people, every evidence that God can give or man receive, to the trut...
"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, a...
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...
_THE PRESENCE OF THE RISEN LORD_ ‘Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.’ Matthew 28:20 I. THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST AS OUR PRIEST.—Christ is present with us as our Priest. In dark a...
Matthew 28:20._Teaching them to observe all things. _By these words, as I have formerly suggested, Christ shows that, in sending the apostles, he does not entirely resign his office, as if he ceased t...
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...
TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS,.... All ordinances, not only baptism, but the Lord's supper; all positive institutions, and moral duties; all obligations, both to God and men; all relative duties...
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, _even_ unto the end of the world. Amen. Ver. 20. _To observe all things_] Our obedience must be enti...
_Teaching them to observe all things_, &c. Here we have, 1st, The duty of the apostles and ministers of Christ, which is, to teach his disciples to observe all things that he has commanded; that is, t...
I AM WITH YOU; in this work, to guide, comfort, sanctify, and sustain you; to render you successful in awakening the attention of men, convincing them of sin, and turning them from darkness to light,...
THE GREAT MISSIONARY COMMAND. Matthew 28:16...
TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER I HAVE COMMANDED YOU. AND, LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAY, EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD. AMEN. Jesus had named a certain mountain in Galilee to His disciples,...
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...
OLBGrk; Ver. 18-20. Mark saith, MARK 16:15, And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that beli...
Origen Against Celsus Book II And of the same nature is His promise to His disciples: "Lo, I am with you alway, even to the end of the world."[33] Origen Against Celsus Book V times, is with His ow...
Matthew 28:20 teaching G1321 (G5723) them G846 observe G5083 (G5721) things G3956 that G3745 commanded G1781 ...
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...
“Teaching them to observe all things whatever I commanded you.” Their mission is also to be one of teaching. They are now to fulfil their role as Scribes of the Kingly Rule of Heaven bringing forth wh...
Matthew 28:20. _Teaching them._ This teaching is a continued process, which partly precedes and partly follows baptism. As the eleven Apostles and their companions could not do all this, we find here...
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...
TEACHING THEM (διδασκοντες αυτους). Christians have been slow to realize the full value of what we now call religious education. The work of teaching belongs to the home, to the church (sermon, Sund...
Matthew 28:16 _(with 1 Corinthians 15:6)_ The question meets us today, as we think of the narrative of the text, How do _we_stand related to that assembly on the Galilean mountain, and to that last c...
Matthew 28:19 The Uniting Name. I. A set of Galilean fishermen were bidden to teach or make disciples of all nations. In some way or other these Galileans did make disciples among Jews, the worshippe...
Matthew 28:20 The assurance was not given it could not have been given with effect until the Divine Speaker had certified His followers by many infallible proofs that it should be even as He said. Had...
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...
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...
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...
AND TEACH THEM. The first part of this mission is to _"make disciples,"_ and _"initiate"_ them into Christ by _"baptizing them."_ The second part is to _teach_ and _instruct_ these disciples. TO OBEY....
_And, lo, I am with you alway._ CHRIST CONTINUALLY PRESENT WITH HIS CHURCH I. That the Saviour is speaking of more than that presence, which is inseparable from the nature of his own essential and et...
_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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 28:20 OBSERVE. Obey. I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS. Jesus is “God with us” (see Matthew 1:23). This is a fitting way for
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...
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 Chronicles 16:36; 1 Corinthians 11:2; 1 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Corinthians 14:37;...
End of the word [σ υ ν τ ε λ ε ι α ς τ ο υ α ι ω ν ο ς]. Rev., in margin, and lit., consummation of the age. The current age is meant; and the consummation is coincident with the second coming of Chri...
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...
CHRIST'S MISSIONARY COMMAND AS SEEN IN THE EARLY CHURCH Matthew 28:18; _Mark 16:15; Luke 24:45_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS As the time came for the Lord to leave, and to return to His Father, He pressed upo...
How can three persons be God when there is only one God? PROBLEM: Matthew speaks of the “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit” all being part of one “name.” But these are three distinct persons. How can there...