But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’”
Parallel translations
- KJV But 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.
- BSB But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’”
- NKJV But go, tell His disciples—and Peter—that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.”
- NASB But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He told you.’ ”
- NLT Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died.”
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Quick answer
The angel sends the women to tell the disciples, and Peter especially, that Jesus goes before them to Galilee. Grace reaches out to the one who denied him.
Overview
The special mention of Peter, who had denied Jesus three times, signals restoring grace for a fallen disciple. The promise that Jesus goes ahead to Galilee fulfills his own words in Mark 14:28. The risen Christ gathers his scattered, failing followers, showing that his resurrection brings reconciliation as well as victory.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Mark 14:28However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”
- Matt 26:32But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”
- Matt 28:7Go 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.”
- Matt 28:10Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”
- Matt 28:16–17But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.
- John 21:1After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself this way.
- Acts 13:31and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.
- Mark 14:50They all left him, and fled.
- 1 Cor 15:5and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
- 2 Cor 2:7so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
- Mark 14:66–72As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came,
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