Matthew 28:3

His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: HIS COUNTENANCE, [ idea (G2397)] - or, 'appearance,' WAS LIKE LIGHTNING, AND HIS RAIMENT WHITE AS SNOW - the one expressing the glory, the other the purity of the celestial abode from which he came....

1-8 Christ rose the third day after his death; that was the time he had often spoken of. On the first day of the first week God commanded the light to shine out of darkness. On this day did He who is the Light of the world, shine out of the darkness of the grave; and this day is from henceforward often mentioned in the New Testament, as the day which Christians religiously observed in solemn assemblies, to the honour of Christ. Our Lord Jesus could have rolled back the stone by his own power, but he chose to have it done by an angel. The resurrection of Christ, as it is the joy of his friends, so it is the terror and confusion of his enemies. The angel encouraged the women against their fears. Let the sinners in Zion be afraid. Fear not ye, for his resurrection will be your consolation. Our communion with him must be spiritual, by faith in his word. When we are ready to make this world...

Verse Matthew 28:3. _HIS COUNTENANCE_] _His appearance_, η ιδεα αυτου; or, _his face_, for so the word is used in some of the best Greek writers. It seems, from Mark 16:5, that this angel had assumed the appearance of a _young man_. _LIKE LIGHTNING_] Coruscations of glory continually flaming from his face. This might produce the _confusion_ mentioned Matthew 28:2. _HIS RAIMENT WHITE AS SNOW_] He was clothed in garments emblematical of the _glad tidings_ which he came to announce. It would have been inconsistent with the message he brought, had the angel appeared in _black robes_, such as those preposterously wear who call themselves h

HIS COUNTENANCE - In our language the word “countenance” refers to the “face only;” in the original it refers to his “whole person.” His “general aspect, or the appearance of the angel himself,” was, etc. LIKE LIGHTNING - Peculiarly bright and shining. HIS RAIMENT WHITE AS SNOW - Celestial beings are usually represented as clothed in white, Acts 1:10; Daniel 7:9; Revelation 3:4; Revelation 4:4; Revelation 7:13. White, among the Jews, was

EXPOSITION MATTHEW 28:1 _Jesus rises from the dead, and appears to the holy women. _(Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1; John 20:1.) It is to be noted that there are great and important variations in the four (or, with St. Paul's, 1 Corinthians 15:1., the five) accounts of the events of the Resurrection, which have given welcome occasion to the sceptic to cast doubts upon the whole transaction. The divergences in the narratives are plainly to be ascribed to the facts that the writers did not depend upon one another, no

HIS COUNTENANCE WAS LIKE LIGHTNING,.... There was such a lustre and brightness in his face, that it glittered like lightning: such a description is in Daniel 10:6, AND HIS RAIMENT WHITE AS SNOW: the word "white" is left out in the Vulgate Latin, and in Munster's Hebrew Gospel: the angel appeared clad in white, as a token of the purity and innocence of his nature; and because of the victory and triumph of Christ over death and the grave; and that he might be known and taken by the women for a good angel, it being a commonly received notion of the Jews, that ministering angels were clothed in white b. "Said R. Ame to R. Levi, show me the Persians; he said to him, they are like to the mighty men of the house of David: show me the Chaberin, (another nation near the Persians,) they are like to destroying angels: show me the Ishmaelites, they are like to devils of the

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. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it._ See what concern angels have about our Lord. Are they here tonight? Do they make a habit of coming where the saints meet together? I think they do. We have intimations in Scripture that that is the case. Let us behave ourselves aright tonight «because of the angels»; and as they worship and count it their highest honour to serve the Son of man, let us also worship Jesus, and adore him. What a picture this scene would make! Matthew 28:3. His countenance was like light

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 have reached the last portion of our Gospel. The end is brief and very abrupt. The account of the resurrection of the Lord as given by Matthew is the briefest of all the Gospels. Only a few of the facts are mentioned. Then the characteristic feature of this last chapter is that no mention is made of the ascension of the Lord. However, the fact of His ascension is implied in numerous places in the Gospel. In the Gospel of Mark we find the statement that He was taken up into heaven and sat at the ri

THE EMPTY TOMB (Mark 16:1 *, Luke 24:1). Mt. is here not so close to Mk., except in Matthew 28:5. The note of time in Matthew 28:1 is not clear; the Sab bath would end at sunset on Saturday. BEGAN TO DAWN ought perhaps to be rendered drew on (_cf._ Luke 23:54 * and _mg.)._ In this case Mt. describes a resurrection on Saturday evening. (See Allen, Comm. on Mk., pp. 188- 190.) He mentions only the two Maries (omitting Salome), and says nothing about their desire to anoint the body: the sealed and guarded tomb prevented this. None of the Gospels record

Late on the Sabbath, when the first day of the week was beginning to dawn, Mary from Magdala and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And, look you, there was a great earthquake; for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it. His appearance was like lightning, and his garment was as white as snow. Those who were watching were shaken with fear, and became as dead men. The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he is risen, as he said he would. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. Go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He is risen from among the dead. And, look you, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.' Look you, I have told you." So they quickly went away from the tomb with fear and with great joy, and they ran to tell the news to...