Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Matthew 26:32

"But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee." — Matthew 26:32 (ASV)

The prediction that the shepherd will be stricken and the sheep scattered might suggest that the disciples would return disconsolate to their homes in Galilee, leaving Jesus behind in a grave in Judea. But this new word promises that after Jesus has risen, he will arrive in Galilee before they get there: he will “go ahead of [them].”