Matthew 28:8

And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. AND THEY DEPARTED QUICKLY. Mark () says "they fled" FROM THE SEPULCHRE WITH FEAR AND GREAT JOY. How natural this combination of feelings! See on a similar statement of . AND DID RUN TO BRING HIS DISCIPLES WORD. "Neither said they anything to any man [by the way]; for they were afraid" (). This appearance is recorded only by Matthew....

Matthew 28:8._And they departed quickly. _The three Evangelists pass by what John relates about Mary Magdalene, (John 20:2,) that she returned into the city before she had seen the angels, and complained with tears that the body of Christ had been taken away. Here they mention only the second return to the city, when she, and other women who accompanied her, _told the disciples that Christ was risen; _which they had learned both from the words and testimony of the angel, and from seeing Christ himself. Now before Christ showed himself, they already _ran to the disciples, _as they had been commanded by the angel. On the road they received a second confirmation, that they might with greater certainty assert the resurrection of the Lord. _With fear and great joy. _By these words Matthew means that they were

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 28:8. _THEY DEPARTED QUICKLY FROM THE SEPULCHRE_] At the desire of the angel they went _into_ the tomb, to have the fullest certainty of the resurrection. _FEAR AND GREAT JOY_] _Fear_, produced by the _appearance_ of this glorious messenger of God; and _great joy_ occasioned by the _glad_ _tidings_ of the resurrection of their Lord and Master. At the mention of unexpected good news, fear and joy are generally intermingled. ----_Vix sum apud me, ita animus commotus est metu,_ Spe, gaudio, _mirando hoc tanto, tam repentino bono._ TERANT. _Andr_. v. 945. "I am almost beside myself, my mind is so agitated with _fear,_ hope

AND THEY DEPARTED QUICKLY - Joyful at the “news,” and wishing to impart it to all, they fled to find the disciples, and to tell them that the Lord was risen. WITH FEAR AND GREAT JOY - Fear because of: 1.The wonderful scenes which they had witnessed the stone rolled away, and the presence of an angel; 2.A confused state of mind, apprehensive, perhaps, that it might not, after all, be true. The news was too good to be credited at once, yet they had sufficient faith in it to fill them with great and unexpected joy. Perhaps no language could better express the state of their minds - the mingled awe and rejoicing - than that which is used here. AND DID RUN ... - They ran to announce what they had seen to the disc

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

AND THEY DEPARTED QUICKLY FROM THE SEPULCHRE,.... Or "they went out from it", as it may be rendered, and as it is in Mark 16:8, which shows, that they went into the sepulchre upon the invitation of the angel, and saw the place where the Lord lay; and here it was the angel gave them their instructions, and errand to the disciples; which as soon as they received, they quitted the sepulchre in all haste, partly in obedience to the angel's orders, and partly through surprise and fear; for Mark says, "they fled from the sepulchre", Mark 16:8, as persons terrified and affrighted: and it is added here, WITH FEAR AND GREAT JOY: a mixture of both these; with fear and dread, because of the vision they had seen, and with joy at the news of Christ's resurrection; and yet in this their faith might not

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

MATTHEW 28:8 avpelqou/sai {B} The reading avpelqou/sai, which is strongly supported by a wide range of witnesses, was assimilated by copyists to the parallel in Mark 16:8, where evxelqou/sai is firm....

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