Matthew 28 · Verse 16

Matthew 28:16

Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
Matthew 28:16, King James Version

Matthew 28:16 in other translations

BSBMeanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.
WEBBut the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.
ASVBut the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
YLTAnd the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mount where Jesus appointed them,
DARBYBut the eleven disciples went into Galilee to the mountain which Jesus had appointed them.
BBEBut the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had given them orders to go.
WebsterThen the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

What does Matthew 28:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Mt 28:16-20. Jesus Meets with the Disciples on a Mountain in Galilee and Gives Forth the Great Commission.

16. Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee--but certainly not before the second week after the resurrection, and probably somewhat later. into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them--It should have been rendered "the mountain," meaning some certain mountain which He had named to them--probably the night before He suffered, when He said, "After I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee" (Mt 26:32; Mr 14:28). What it was can only be conjectured; but of the two between which opinions are divided--the Mount of the Beatitudes or Mount Tabor--the former is much the more probable, from its nearness to the Sea of Tiberias, where last before this the Narrative tells us that He met and dined with seven of them. (Joh 21:1, &c.). That the interview here recorded was the same as that referred to in one place only--1Co 15:6--when "He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remained unto that day, though some were fallen asleep," is now the opinion of the ablest students of the evangelical history. Nothing can account for such a number as five hundred assembling at one spot but the expectation of some promised manifestation of their risen Lord: and the promise before His resurrection, twice repeated after it, best explains this immense gathering.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 16. Then the eleven disciples. Judas was dead, leaving but eleven of the original number of the apostles.

Into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. This appointment is recorded in Mt 26:32. On what particular mountain this was is not known. It is probable that Jesus, when he made the appointment, specified the place, which has been omitted by the evangelists. Matthew has omitted many appearances which Jesus made to his disciples, which have been recorded by Luke, John, and Paul. See the harmony of the resurrection at the end of the chapter.

(o) "Then the eleven" Mt 26:32

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Then the eleven disciples went - When the women went and told them that they had seen the Lord, and that he had promised to meet them in Galilee. From the eleventh to the fifteenth verse inclusive, should be read in a parenthesis, as the sixteenth verse is the continuation of the subject mentioned in the tenth.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 28:16-20
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 Lord Jesus with an eye of faith, will worship him. Yet the faith of the sincere may be very weak and wavering. But Christ gave such convincing proofs of his resurrection, as made their faith to triumph over doubts. He now solemnly commissioned the apostles and his ministers to go forth among all nations. The salvation they were to preach, is a common salvation; whoever will, let him come, and take the benefit; all are welcome to Christ Jesus. Christianity is the religion of a sinner who applies for salvation from deserved wrath and from sin; he applies to the mercy of the Father, through the atonement of the incarnate Son, and by the sanctification of the Holy Spirit, and gives up himself to be the worshipper and servant of God, as the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, three Persons but one God, in all his ordinances and commandments. Baptism is an outward sign of that inward washing, or sanctification of the Spirit, which seals and evidences the believer's justification. Let us examine ourselves, whether we really possess the inward and spiritual grace of a death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness, by which those who were the children of wrath become the children of God. Believers shall have the constant presence of their Lord always; all days, every day. There is no day, no hour of the day, in which our Lord Jesus is not present with his churches and with his ministers; if there were, in that day, that hour, they would be undone. The God of Israel, the Saviour, is sometimes a God that hideth himself, but never a God at a distance. To these precious words Amen is added. Even so, Lord Jesus, be thou with us and all thy people; cause thy face to shine upon us, that thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Matthew 28:16 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΟἱHoi<the>G3588
δὲdeAndG1161
ἕνδεκαhendekathe elevenG1733
μαθηταὶmathētaidisciplesG3101
ἐπορεύθησανeporeuthēsanwentG4198
εἰςeisintoG1519
τὴνtēn<the>G3588
ΓαλιλαίανGalilaianGalileeG1056
εἰςeistoG1519
τὸtotheG3588
ὄροςorosmountainG3735
οὗhouwhereG3757
ἐτάξατοetaxatoassignedG5021
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846
ὁho<the>G3588
Ἰησοῦς.IēsousJesus.G2424

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 28:16

  • Matthew 26:32

    But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.

  • Matthew 28:10

    Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

  • Matthew 28:7

    And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

  • Mark 16:14

    Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

  • Acts 1:13-26

    And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,) Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the eleven.
Mr 16:14; Joh 6:70; Ac 1:13-26; 1Co 15:15
went.
7,10; 26:32

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Context

  • Matthew 28:15

    So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

  • Matthew 28:16

    Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

  • Matthew 28:17

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

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Matthew 28:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas los once discípulos se fueron á Galilea, al monte donde Jesús les había ordenado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les onze disciples s’en allèrent en Galilée, sur la montagne où Jésus leur avait ordonné de se rendre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die elf Jünger aber gingen nach Galiläa, an den Berg, wohin Jesus sie beschieden hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Undecim autem discipuli abierunt in Galilæam in montem ubi constituerat illis Jesus.