But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
Parallel translations
- WEB However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”
- BSB But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
- NKJV “But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.”
- NASB But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”
- NLT But after I am raised from the dead, I will go ahead of you to Galilee and meet you there.”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
Jesus promises that after his resurrection he will go ahead of them to Galilee. Restoration is assured even before they fail.
Overview
In the same breath that he foretells their scattering, Jesus speaks of being raised and regathering them in Galilee. The shepherd struck down will rise to lead his flock again. This word of grace, repeated by the angel at the empty tomb, assures that desertion will not be the end of their story.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Matt 28:16Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
- Mark 16:7But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
- Matt 28:7And 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.
- Matt 28:10Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
- Matt 26:32But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
- Matt 16:21From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
- 1 Cor 15:4–6And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
- John 21:1After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
How Mark 14:28 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Greek word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.