Matthew 28:9-10

⁹ And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

Commentary
Now as the Mary’s are on their way to tell the disciples the Good News, behold Jesus met them, saying to them (and to us all who believe), “Rejoice!” Just a single Word, but a Word that implies so much, for not only through Jesus’ Resurrection from the Dead do we have victory over death, but also anything that could ever separate us from the love of God (see Rom 8:28-39). And so, having seen and heard Jesus, Risen from the dead, they both fall to their knees and holding Him by His feet they worship Him (vs. 9). Now as they did so, Jesus reassures them that as His first witnesses of His Resurrection they must go to the disciples and tell them all, saying to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.” Therefore, in Galilee where Jesus first called the twelve disciples, there it will be that He will appear to them as Risen from the dead.

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The New King James Version. (1982). Nashville: Thomas Nelson