And as they went, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they ran to him, grasped his feet, and worshiped 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.
- KJV 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.
- 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.
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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 28:17When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.
- Matt 14:33Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, “You are truly the Son of God!”
- John 20:28Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
- John 20:14–17When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn’t know that it was Jesus.
- Luke 24:52They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
- John 12:3Mary, therefore, took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
- Rev 5:11–14I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;
- Rev 3:9Behold, I give some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
- Luke 7:38Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
- Luke 1:28Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”
- Mark 16:9–10Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
- Song 3:3–4The watchmen who go about the city found me; “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
- John 20:19When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
- 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
- Isa 64:5You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time. Shall we be saved?
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