Matthew 28:17

Matthew 28:17
Matthew 28:17
← 28:16 28:18 →
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Book	Gospel of Matthew
Christian Bible part	New Testament

Matthew 28:17 is the seventeenth verse of the twenty-eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This verse is part of the resurrection narrative, recording a meeting of the risen Jesus with the disciples.

Content[edit]

The original Koine Greek, according to Westcott and Hort/[NA27 and UBS4 variants], reads:^[1]

17: καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν προσεκύνησαν, οἱ δὲ ἐδίστασαν.

In the King James Version of the Bible it is translated as:

17: And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

The modern World English Bible translates the passage as:

17: When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.^[a]

Analysis[edit]

The verse states briefly that "they saw him", then "they worshipped him", concluded by a puzzling phrase "but some doubted" (hoi de edistasan).^[2] The Greek root word for "doubted" is distazō, which is only used here and in Matthew 14:31 when Jesus rebuked Simon Peter for having "doubt" after he lost his confidence during his walk on the water toward Jesus.^[2] The "doubt" here does not denote intellectual disbelief ("refuse to believe"), but "hesitation".^[3] R. T. France notes that "hesitation" is linked with "worship" both in this verse and in chapter 14 ("hesitation" in Matthew 14:31; "worship" in Matthew 14:33).^[4]

The Greek word translated as "worshipped" comes from the verb proskuneó, indicating 'the homage and prostration before a king'.^[5] It occurs twelve times in the Gospel of Matthew, whereas it is found only twice each in the Gospel of Mark and in the Gospel of Luke.^[5]

Notes[edit]

^ For a collection of other versions see BibleHub: Matthew 28:17

References[edit]

^ Greek Text Analysis: Matthew 28:17. Biblehub
^ ^a ^b Phillips, John (2005). Exploring the Gospel of Matthew: An Expository Commentary. The John Phillips Commentary Series. Vol. 1 (reprint ed.). Kregel Academic. p. 546. ISBN 9780825433924.
^ Carson, D. A. (2017). Matthew. The Expositor's Bible Commentary. Contributors: Tremper Longman III, David E. Garland (revised ed.). 1. Jesus in Galilee (28:16–17): Zondervan Academic. ISBN 9780310531982.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ France 2007, p. 1111.
^ ^a ^b Carr, A. (1893), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges: Matthew 28, accessed 28 April 2019.

Sources[edit]

France, R.T. (2007). Bruce, Frederick Fyvie (ed.). The Gospel of Matthew. New international commentary on the New Testament. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 9780802825018.

Preceded by Matthew 28:16	Gospel of Matthew Chapter 28	Succeeded by Matthew 28:18

[2] For a collection of other versions see BibleHub: Matthew 28:17

[1] Greek Text Analysis: Matthew 28:17. Biblehub

[phillips-3] Phillips, John (2005). Exploring the Gospel of Matthew: An Expository Commentary. The John Phillips Commentary Series. Vol. 1 (reprint ed.). Kregel Academic. p. 546. ISBN 9780825433924.

[4] Carson, D. A. (2017). Matthew. The Expositor's Bible Commentary. Contributors: Tremper Longman III, David E. Garland (revised ed.). 1. Jesus in Galilee (28:16–17): Zondervan Academic. ISBN 9780310531982.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

[FOOTNOTEFrance20071111-5] France 2007, p. 1111.

[cambridgebible-6] Carr, A. (1893), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges: Matthew 28, accessed 28 April 2019.

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