Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
Parallel translations
- WEB But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.
- BSB Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.
- NKJV Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them.
- NASB But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated to them.
- NLT Then the eleven disciples left for Galilee, going to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.
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Quick answer
The eleven disciples travel to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus appointed. They obey the summons to meet their risen Lord.
Overview
Now numbering eleven after Judas's fall, the disciples follow Jesus' directions to the designated mountain. Mountains in Matthew are often places of revelation and teaching, fitting for this climactic meeting. Their obedience prepares them to receive the great commission from the risen Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Matt 26:32But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
- 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 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.
- Mark 16:14Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
- Acts 1:13–26And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
- 1 Cor 15:15Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
- John 6:70Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
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