But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
Parallel translations
- WEB But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”
- KJV But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
- NKJV But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.”
- NASB But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”
- NLT But after I have been raised from the dead, I will go ahead of you to Galilee and meet you there.”
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Quick answer
Jesus promises that after His resurrection He will go ahead of them into Galilee. Amid predictions of failure, He gives a word of hope.
Overview
Before they even fall away, Jesus assures the disciples of restoration after He is raised. The promise of meeting in Galilee, fulfilled in Matthew 28, shows His grace toward those who will desert Him. The resurrection stands as the certain horizon beyond their failure and His suffering.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 28:10“Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”
- Matt 28:16Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.
- Luke 18:33–34They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”
- Matt 20:19and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
- Mark 16:7But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’”
- Matt 16:21From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
- Mark 14:28But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
- Matt 27:63–64“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- John 21:1–14Later, by the Sea of Tiberias, Jesus again revealed Himself to the disciples. He made Himself known in this way:
- Matt 28:6–7He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.
- Mark 9:9–10As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
- 1 Cor 15:6After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
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