And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
Parallel translations
- WEB As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
- BSB Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.
- NKJV And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him.
- NASB And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Rejoice!” And they came up and took hold of His feet, and worshiped Him.
- NLT And as they went, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they ran to him, grasped his feet, and worshiped him.
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Quick answer
Jesus Himself meets the women, greets them, and they take hold of His feet and worship Him. The risen Christ is encountered personally and rightly adored.
Overview
The first appearance of the risen Jesus is to these faithful women, who respond with worship, grasping His feet in a posture of reverence and confirming His bodily reality. That Jesus receives their worship affirms His deity, for worship belongs to God alone. This encounter moves the resurrection from report to personal meeting with the living Lord.
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- Matt 28:17And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
- Matt 14:33Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
- John 20:28And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.
- John 20:14–17And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
- Luke 24:52And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
- John 12:3Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
- Rev 5:11–14And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
- Rev 3:9Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
- Luke 7:38And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
- Luke 1:28And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
- Mark 16:9–10Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
- Song 3:3–4The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
- John 20:19Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
- 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
- Isa 64:5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
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