But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to 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.
- 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.”
- 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 28:10Then 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 28:16But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.
- Luke 18:33–34They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again.”
- Matt 20:19and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”
- Mark 16:7But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’”
- Matt 16:21From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
- Mark 14:28However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”
- Matt 27:63–64saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- John 21:1–14After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself this way.
- Matt 28:6–7He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
- Mark 9:9–10As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
- 1 Cor 15:6Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
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