Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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.
7. tell his disciples ] “And Peter” (Mark). Peter, more than the rest, would be longing for the Lord’s return to win forgiveness.
he goeth before you into Galilee ] Lit., “ Leadeth you as a shepherd.” See ch. Mat 26:32.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Tell his disciples – Mark adds particularly, tell Peter. This was a kind message to Peter, who had so recently denied his Lord. It would serve to cheer him in his despondency, and to assure him that his sin had been forgiven; and it shows the tender love and remembrance of Jesus, even for his unfaithful friends.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 7. Go quickly and tell his disciples] Thus these faithful women proclaim the Gospel to those who were afterwards to be the teachers of the whole human race! Behold what honour God puts upon those who persevere in his truth, and continue to acknowledge him before men!
That he is risen from the dead] There is a remarkable saying of R. Judah Hakkodesh, which some critics quote on this subject: “After THREE DAYS the SOUL of the Messiah shall RETURN to its body, and he shall GO OUT of that STONE in which he shall be BURIED.”
Goeth before you into Galilee] As himself promised, Mt 26:32.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
7. And go quickly, and tell hisdisciplesFor a precious addition to this, see on Mr16:7.
that he is risen from thedead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galileeto whichthose women belonged (Mt 27:55).
there shall ye see himThismust refer to those more public manifestations of Himself to largenumbers of disciples at once, which He vouchsafed only in Galilee;for individually He was seen of some of those very women almostimmediately after this (Mat 28:9;Mat 28:10).
Lo, I have told youBehold,ye have this word from the world of light!
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And go quickly and tell his disciples,…. Who were mourning and weeping for the death of Christ; despairing of his resurrection, of which, at least, they had but little hope, nor indeed much thought, though Christ had so often told them of it; and therefore a quick dispatch was necessary to remove their sorrow, revive their faith, and relieve their souls, to which the errand these women were sent upon, and the news they were to bring, had a tendency; namely,
that he is risen from the dead: than which nothing could be more joyful news unto them, as it is to all believers; for on this depend the justification and salvation of God’s elect; their security from condemnation, and their resurrection from the dead. This news was first brought to the apostles by women, who were greatly honoured hereby; that as the woman was first in the transgression, and the cause of death, so the first news of the resurrection of Christ to life, and of life and immortality being by him, who was first showed the path of life, were brought by women; and to a woman it was that Christ first appeared after his resurrection, Mr 16:9. The Vulgate Latin only reads, “that he is risen”, as in the former verse.
And behold he goeth before you into Galilee. These are still the words of the angel to the women, telling them what they should say to the apostles, that he should go before them into Galilee; and which might serve to confirm the resurrection to them, and to give the greater credit to the report of the women, since this very thing Christ had promised them before; see Mt 26:32, though it was also true, that he should go before these women into Galilee, and who also should see him there: for the next words,
there shall ye see him; though they may chiefly design the apostles, who should have a sight of Christ in Galilee, yet may include these women also:
lo! I have told you; I “Gabriel”, who am an angel of the Lord, sent by him to inform you of these things; and you may depend upon the truth of them, that Jesus is risen, and that he is about, in a very little time, to go before his disciples into Galilee, where they shall see him with their bodily eyes, and have a free and familiar conversation with him. The reasons why this place was pitched upon for Christ and his apostles to meet in, were, because here he first preached, and chiefly conversed, and had the largest number of disciples there, to whom he meant to show himself, as he did,
1Co 15:6, as well as to his apostles: moreover, the apostles were of Galilee, and so were these women; and to go into their own country, and there meet with Jesus, must be very agreeable; and besides, there they would be safer and freer from the molestations and persecutions of the Jews; and might follow their former calling, as they did, until the time they were to be further employed in preaching the Gospel.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He goeth before you into Galilee ( ). Jesus did appear to the disciples in Galilee on two notable occasions (by the beloved lake, Joh 21, and on the mountain, Mt 28:16-20). Probably before the women were permitted to tell this story in full to the disciples who scouted as idle talk (Joh 24:11) their first accounts, Jesus appeared to various disciples in Jerusalem on this first great Sunday. Jesus did not say that he would not see any of them in Jerusalem. He merely made a definite appointment in Galilee which he kept.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
He goeth before you [] . He is in the act of going. See on Mt 26:32.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
7. And go quickly, and tell his disciples. Here God, by the angel, confers extraordinary honor on the women, by enjoining them to proclaim to the apostles themselves the chief point of our salvation. In Mark’s account of it, they are expressly enjoined to carry this message to Peter; not because he was at that time higher in rank than the others, but because his crime, which was so disgraceful, needed peculiar consolation to assure him that Christ had not cast him off, though he had basely and wickedly fallen. He had already entered into the sepulcher, and beheld the traces of the resurrection of Christ; but God denied him the honor, which he shortly afterwards conferred on the women, of hearing from the lips of the angel that Christ was risen. And, indeed, the great insensibility under which he still labored is evident from the fact that he again fled trembling to conceal himself, as if he had seen nothing, while Mary sat down to weep at the grave. It cannot be doubted, therefore, that she and her companions, in beholding the angel, obtained the reward of their patience.
And, lo, He goeth before you into Galilee. When the angel sent the disciples into Galilee, he did so, I think, in order that Christ might make himself known to a great number of persons; for we know that he had lived a long time in Galilee. He intended also to give his followers greater liberty, that by the very circumstance of their retirement they might gradually acquire courage. Besides, by being accustomed to the places, they were aided in recognizing their Master with greater certainty; for it was proper to adopt every method of confirming them, that nothing might be wanting to complete the certainty of their faith.
Lo, I have told you. By this manner of speaking the angel earnestly assures them that what is said is true. He states this, not as from himself, as if he had been the first to suggest it, but gives his signature to the promise of Christ; and, therefore, in Mark’s account of it, he merely recalls to their remembrance the very words of Christ. Luke carries out the address still farther, by saying that the disciples were informed by Christ that he must be crucified, and rise again on the third day. But the meaning is the same; for along with his resurrection he had foretold his death. He then adds, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(7) He goeth before you into Galilee.The words seem to point to a meeting in Galilee as the first appearance of the risen Lord to His disciples, and St. Matthew records no other. No adequate explanation can be given of the omission of what the other Gospels report, if we assume the whole Gospel to have been written by the Apostle Matthew. On the hypothesis that it is a Gospel according to Matthew, representing the substance of his oral teaching, the absence of this or that fact which we should have expected him to record may have been due to some idiosyncrasy in the scribe, or, so to speak, editor of the Gospel. It is possible that if the disciples had believed the report brought by the women the mountain in Galilee would have been the scene of the first meeting between them and their Master; but they did not believe, and required the evidence which He in His compassion gave them, in order to quicken their faith and lead them to obey the command thus given.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
7. Goeth before you into Galilee According to his promise, in Mat 26:32. Jesus did meet the disciples there according to appointment, and gave them their great commission. But meantime he sustained their faith, above his promise, by several previous appearances unto them.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“And go quickly, and tell his disciples, ‘He is risen from the dead, and lo, he goes before you into Galilee. There will you see him.’ Lo, I have told you.”
The angel than tells the women that they are to go with all speed and inform the disciples that Jesus is risen from the dead and that He will go before them into Galilee where they will see Him. He wants His appearances to them to be free from the trammels of the old Jerusalem. They must speed joyously on their way (as the Magi speeded joyously to Bethlehem) knowing that He will be there before them. ‘Goes before’ indicates, not that He will lead them, but that He will go ahead, like a shepherd might leave his flocks with under-shepherds and go before them in order to ensure that the way ahead is catered for. And there, He assures them, He will see them.
‘Lo, I have told you.” In other words, ‘I have now passed on the message that I was sent to give, and my responsibility is now at an end.’
In the light of Luke’s and John’s narratives this whole verse contains a remarkable statement, for we all know that Jesus actually first appeared to His disciples in Jerusalem, although John does then speak of an appearance in Galilee (John 21). Matthew on the other hand only and quite deliberately details Jesus’ appearance to the disciples in Galilee. Furthermore there would be no purpose in the words we find here if Jesus had not wanted them to see that as His intention.
The first idea that we can quickly dismiss is that Matthew did not know about the other resurrection appearances. Those were so well known that Paul could delineate them in 1Co 15:3-8 in a way which showed that he expected a general knowledge of them, and that as far away as Corinth. They would necessarily be meat and drink to the early church. Matthew was far too close to Jerusalem, and too much in the hub of things, not to be aware of what had happened there. He would after all have been rubbing shoulders day by day with people who remembered it vividly from the earliest days. He was not an unknown, living in a remote backwater far from Jerusalem.
The only possible genuine explanation, apart from that of an unseemly parochialism which fits ill with the remainder of the Gospel, is that he firmly believed that the appearance in Galilee which he describes, was the crucial one originally intended by Jesus, and that the others were only preliminary, and were actually the result of the disobedience and unresponsiveness of the disciples because of their lack of belief. In other words that Jesus’ original intention was that He would appear to them in Galilee, and that that was only thwarted by their remaining in Jerusalem. Unless the angel was mistaken this must have been so. This view also appears to have been held by Mar 16:7 (and therefore by Peter). Had they believed they would immediately have set out for Galilee on hearing the news from the women. It was because they did not do so that Jesus appeared to them in Jerusalem. Once again the disciples had let Him down.
(It is true, of course, that this raises the old question of sovereignty and foreknowledge, but we cannot work on that basis. From that point of view everything that happens is ‘within God’s will’. But that does not exclude the fact of man’s responsibility for his constant disobedience. The truth is that the same disciples who failed Him in the Garden, also failed Him initially in their response to His resurrection. It is a further indication of how grace in the end triumphed over weakness).
The great importance of this, and the reason why Matthew insists on sticking to what was anticipated in the original plan, is that it indicates (and indicated to his Jewish Christian readers) that Jerusalem was not intended by God to be seen as the source of the new Israel, and the centre to which all should look. That source (if there was to be a source, see Joh 4:21-22, and note that no indication is given in Matthew of the exact whereabouts of the mountain) was rather to be seen as Galilee where Jesus had walked and preached, and where the great light had first shone (Mat 4:16). The new Israel was to be free from the ties of old Jerusalem and rather be connected with the heavenly Jerusalem (Gal 4:22-31; Heb 12:22). It was to be remembered that Jesus was a Galilean, a Nazarene. He was not to be seen as an extension of Jerusalem, and what Jerusalem now stood for, but as One Who was meek and lowly in heart with a message freed from Jerusalem’s ties. Compare how after His birth and exile He returned not to Jerusalem but to Galilee (Mat 2:22-23). That Galilee was to be seen as the source of light had been long planned (Mat 4:16; compare Isa 9:2).
It is true that Jerusalem was indeed to be the place from which God’s instruction would flow out (Isa 2:2-4), but once that had been accomplished Jerusalem was to be put aside. Luke brings out the same message, in a different way, in Acts. For Jerusalem finally rejects the Apostles (Acts 12) and Paul (Act 21:30), even though for a while they would still meet in Jerusalem (Acts 15). And God finally seals it by the openly declared destruction of Jerusalem.
Even today many Christians cannot get away from the clutches of Jerusalem and they thus make it central in their prophetic schemes. It is, however, time that we consigned the earthly Jerusalem religiously speaking to where God consigned it, to the dust, while the idea of it as found in prophecy should be consigned, again where God consigned it, to Heaven (Gal 4:22-31; Heb 12:22). But those who cling on to the old Jerusalem are a reminder to us of how God carries on His work despite our stumbling and our failing which often bring such harm on the work of God. We all cling on to cherished ideas which misinterpret Scripture. It is true that out of the new chaos He produces the new creation. But the suffering often resulting from such disobedience continues.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
The Women Are Given The Twice Repeated Message That the Disciples Are To Go To Galilee Where They Will See Jesus. They See Jesus And Worship Him (28:7-10).
That Jesus’ resurrection is made known first to the women comes out in all the Gospels. This is a sign of the truthfulness of the narratives. In Jesus’ day no one would have invented such an idea. Little account was then taken of the testimony of women. Anyone inventing such a story would have ensured that the initial appearances were to good, stolid, reliable men. But the women, because of their faithfulness to the memory of Jesus, were privileged first to see the angel, and then to see Jesus Himself in an initial encounter.
Analysis.
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b And they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word (Mat 28:8).
c And behold, Jesus met them, saying, “All hail” (Mat 28:9 a).
b And they came and took hold of His feet, and worshipped Him.’
a Then says Jesus to them, Do not be afraid. Go, tell my brethren that they depart into Galilee, and there will they see me” (Mat 28:10).
Note that in ‘a’ the angel tells them to inform the disciples that He is risen from the dead and that they are to go to Galilee where they will see Him, and in the parallel Jesus Himself tells them the same. In ‘b’ they leave the tomb in awe and great joy, and in the parallel they see Jesus with an awe and great joy which is expressed in worship. Centrally in ‘c’ Jesus Himself meets them and greets them.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
The Final Triumph (28:7-20).
Following this remarkable experience of the women, we now come to the climax of the Gospel, the resurrection appearances and the giving of the Great Commission. The subsection commences with an appearance to the women disciples, (a reminder of God’s interest in the seemingly unimportant who are faithful in worship and service), goes on to deal with men’s vain attempts to deny the resurrection by falsehoods, and finalises in the appearance of Jesus to His disciples in Galilee where He explains that He has taken His rightful place as Lord over Heaven and earth, and sends them out to proclaim His words throughout the world, and call all men under His Kingly Rule, with the assurance that His presence will be continually with them.
The subsection splits into three passages:
* Through the women both the angel and Jesus tell His disciples to go to Galilee (Mat 28:7-10).
* The Chief Priests try to cover up the fact that the tomb which they had sealed has been found to be empty (Mat 27:11-15).
* The disciples go to Galilee and see the risen Jesus, learn of His coronation, and receive their great commission, with the promise of His continual presence with them as they go to all the world (Mat 27:16-20).
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mat 28:7 . ] he is in the act of going before you to Galilee; is recitative. Bengel correctly observes: “Verba discipulis dicenda se porrigunt usque ad videbitis .” Accordingly and refer to the disciples (comp. Mat 26:32 ), not to the women as well, who, in fact, saw Jesus forthwith ; and see Mat 28:10 . For the meeting itself, which is here promised, see Mat 28:16 ff.
] therefore not previously in Jerusalem or anywhere else in Judaea. Between what is here stated and the narratives of Luke and John there is a manifest and irreconcilable difference. In the Stud. u. Krit . 1869, p. 532 ff., Graf still tries in vain to make out a case in favour of assuming, as matter of course, the expiry of the festival period before the and . Observe, moreover, the ; on no earlier occasion than that of their meeting in Galilee were they to be favoured with a sight of Him .
] I have told you it , in the sense of: take this as my intimation of the fact (see on Joh 6:36 ), thus conjoining with the announcement a hint carefully to note how certainly it will be verified by the result. It is wrong, therefore, to suppose that for we should read , after Mar 16:7 (Maldonatus, Michaelis), in which case some assume an error in translation (Bolten, Eichhorn, Buslav, de ling. orig. ev. M. p. 67); others, an error on the part of the transcriber (Scholten); and others, again, an erroneous use of Mark (Schneckenburger, Holtzmann). The , is here peculiar to Matthew.
Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
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.
Ver. 7. And go quickly ] Angels are called seraphims for their burning zeal; and are said to be winged creatures for their speediness in serving God and his people. Gabriel wearied himself, as it were, with swift flight, to certify Daniel of his good acceptance in heaven, Dan 9:21 . And this angel bids these women go quickly and carry the good news of the resurrection. Neither God nor angels can abide oscitancy and dulness in any. Tardis mentibus virtus non facile committitur, could the heathen say. (Cicero.)
Tell his disciples ] And Peter with the first, Mar 16:7 , because he is most dejected (and it is God that comforteth those that are cast down, 2Co 7:6 ; the Lion of the tribe of Judah spareth the prostrate prey). a The rest are in their dumps, as well they may, for deserting Christ; but Peter especially, for denying him. Now, therefore, that he is in a wilderness of ploddings and perplexities, Christ speaks to his heart, Hos 2:14 . He loves to comfort those that are forsaken of their hopes.
Lo, I have told you ] q.d. Begone now about your business; you have your full errand, and this is all I have at present to say to you. These good women, at first afraid of the angel, are now hardly persuaded to depart from him. They could have been content to have heard him further. How unspeakably delicious unto us shall be that innumerable company of angels, Heb 12:22 , that world of angels, as the Hebrew doctors call it, that panegyris or congregation house of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven as free denizens! O praeclarum ilium diem cum ad illud animorum concilium coetumque proficiscar, said the heathen orator. (Cic. de Senect.)
a Satis est prostrasse leoni.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
7. ] This appearance in Galilee had been foretold before his death, see ch. Mat 26:32 . It is to be observed that Matthew records only this one appearance to the Apostles, and in Galilee. It appears strange that this should be the entire testimony of Matthew: for it seems hardly likely that he would omit those important appearances in Jerusalem when the Apostles were assembled, Joh 20:19 ; Joh 20:26 , or that one which was closed by the Ascension. But perhaps it may be in accord with his evident design of giving the general form and summary of each series of events, rather than their characteristic details. See below on Mat 28:20 .
is recitative.
The here is not to be understood as implying the journeying on the part of our Lord himself. It is cited from His own words, ch. Mat 26:32 , and there, as here, merely implies that He would be there when they arrived . It has a reference to the collecting of the flock which had been scattered by the smiting of the Shepherd: see Joh 10:4 .
is determined, by below, to be part of the message to the disciples : not spoken to the women directly, but certainly indirectly including them. The idea of their being merely messengers to the Apostles, without bearing any share in the promise, is against the spirit of the context: see further in note on Mat 28:17 .
is to give solemnity to the command. These words are peculiar to Matthew, and are a mark of accuracy.
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
Mat 28:7 . : introducing “quite in his own (the evangelist’s) manner of expression” (Weiss) the command of the angel = go quickly and tell, etc. : present; He is even now going before you into Galilee; in accordance with the prediction in Mat 26:32 the risen Shepherd is on His way to the pre-appointed rendezvous. , there shall ye see Him, and be able to satisfy yourselves that He is indeed risen. With this word ends the message to the disciples. , behold I said it to you = note what I say, and see if it do not come true. Mark has = as He said to you, referring to the promise of Jesus, and forming part of the message to the disciples.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
the dead. See App-139. (Plural)
into = unto. Greek. eis.
Galilee. App-169.
see. Greek. opsomai. App-133.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
7.] This appearance in Galilee had been foretold before his death, see ch. Mat 26:32. It is to be observed that Matthew records only this one appearance to the Apostles, and in Galilee. It appears strange that this should be the entire testimony of Matthew: for it seems hardly likely that he would omit those important appearances in Jerusalem when the Apostles were assembled, Joh 20:19; Joh 20:26, or that one which was closed by the Ascension. But perhaps it may be in accord with his evident design of giving the general form and summary of each series of events, rather than their characteristic details. See below on Mat 28:20.
is recitative.
The here is not to be understood as implying the journeying on the part of our Lord himself. It is cited from His own words, ch. Mat 26:32, and there, as here, merely implies that He would be there when they arrived. It has a reference to the collecting of the flock which had been scattered by the smiting of the Shepherd: see Joh 10:4.
is determined, by below, to be part of the message to the disciples: not spoken to the women directly, but certainly indirectly including them. The idea of their being merely messengers to the Apostles, without bearing any share in the promise, is against the spirit of the context: see further in note on Mat 28:17.
is to give solemnity to the command. These words are peculiar to Matthew, and are a mark of accuracy.
Fuente: The Greek Testament
Mat 28:7. , …, say to His disciples, etc.) The apostles were especially bound to have believed before they saw; therefore the fact is announced to them through the women, and their faith is thereby tried.[1227]-, has been raised) The message to the disciples extends as far as , i.e. ye shall see Him; cf. Mat 28:10.-, there) And yet the kind Saviour showed Himself to them before then. The appearance in Galilee was very solemn and public (see Mat 28:10; Mat 28:16), and had been promised before the Lords death.
[1227] However, it was a pre-eminent honour conferred on these women, that our Lord appeared to them the first after His resurrection.-V. g.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
go: Mat 28:10, Mar 16:7, Mar 16:8, Mar 16:10, Mar 16:13, Luk 24:9, Luk 24:10, Luk 24:22-24, Luk 24:34, Joh 20:17, Joh 20:18
he goeth: Mat 28:16, Mat 28:17, Mat 26:32, Mar 14:28, Joh 21:1-14, 1Co 15:4, 1Co 15:6
lo: Mat 24:25, Isa 44:8, Isa 45:21, Joh 14:29, Joh 16:4
Reciprocal: Mat 12:49 – his disciples Mar 16:6 – he is risen
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
28:7
After a look at the empty tomb they were bidden to go qiuckly and tell the good news to the disciples. They were later to see Jesus in Galilee, the district where he had lived until he was ready for his public ministry.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mat 28:7. Tell his disciples. This is a message to the disciples, as a body. Women bore the first glad tidings from beyond the grave.
He goeth before you into Galilee; as had been foretold in chap. Mat 26:32. Comp. Joh 10:4. The gathering of the flock in Galilee was a measure of prudence, to prevent persecution, and to dissociate them from the old temple.
There shall ye see him. Still part of the message, and yet indirectly applicable to the hearers also.
Lo, I have told you. These words, adding solemnity to the important announcement, are peculiar to Matthew, and a mark of accuracy.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Mat 28:7. Go quickly, and tell his disciples Mark says, and Peter Communicate these glad tidings to his mourning disciples, and particularly to Peter, who is so much overwhelmed with sorrow on account of his late fall; and assure them further, that he is going before them into Galilee; and that there they shall see him In his appearance to them all together. But their gracious Lord would not be absent so long from the eleven and several others; he appeared to them several times before then. Lo, I have told you A solemn confirmation of what he had said. This message, as well as that from Jesus himself, Mat 28:9-10, was sent to all the disciples, and not to the apostles in particular. The reason may have been this: our Lord intending to visit his apostles that very evening, there was no occasion to order them into Galilee to see him. But as most of his disciples were now in Jerusalem, celebrating the passover, it may easily be imagined, that on receiving the news of their Masters resurrection, many of them would resolve to tarry in expectation of meeting with him; a thing which must have been very inconvenient for them at that time of the year, when the harvest was about to begin, the sheaf of first-fruits being always offered on the second day of the passover-week. Wherefore, to prevent their being so long from home, the message mentioned was sent, directing them to return into Galilee, well assured that they should have the pleasure of seeing their Lord there, and by that means be happily relieved from the suspicion of his being an impostor, which no doubt had arisen in their minds when they saw him expire upon the cross. And they departed quickly, (Mark says, They went out quickly, and fled,) from the sepulchre That is, after going into the tomb, as the angel desired them to do, that they might have full satisfaction respecting their Lords resurrection: with fear and great joy Fear, caused by the appearance of the heavenly messenger, and the extraordinary nature of the things which they had seen; and great joy, at the happy news which they had received, and were thus commissioned to communicate. Mark mentions only their fear, which he paints in strong colours, saying, They trembled, were amazed, and sore afraid. It is probable, however, from what Matthew says, and from the nature of the events which had caused this strange mixture of contrary passions, that their joy predominated: And did run to bring his disciples word With all the speed possible, rejoicing to be the messengers of such glad tidings.