Matthew 28:8

"Go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.’ Behold, I have told you.”"

Key Reflection

This passage emphasizes the urgency and importance of spreading the good news of Jesus' resurrection. By instructing the women to inform the disciples in Galilee, Jesus not only highlights a specific meeting place but also symbolizes the shift from fear to hope and action for his followers.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 8. And they departed quickly. Joyful at the news, and wishing to impart it to all, they fled to find the disciples, and tell them that the Lord was risen. With fear and great joy. Fear (1) at 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 belief 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 here used. And did run, etc.

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