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But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."
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A Promise Beyond Failure
Jesus doesn't just predict the disciples' failure; He immediately gives them a promise of restoration. Commentators explain that by promising to meet them in Galilee, Jesus offered profound comfort. He assured them that their imminent scattering would not be the end of their relationship with Him, but would be followed by a joyful reunion.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But after I am risen, etc. This promise was given them to encourage and support them, and also to give them an indication where he might b…
19th Century
Anglican
After I am risen — Our Lord referred to these His words afterwards (Matthew 28:16), but they appear to have fallen unh…
Baptist
But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
Peter answered and said to him, Though all men shall be offended…
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The prediction that the shepherd will be stricken and the sheep scattered might suggest that the disciples would return disconsolate to their homes…
16th Century
Protestant
For it is written. By this prediction He encourages them to rise above the offense, because God does not cease to recognize as His she…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But after I am risen again This he says for their comfort, that though he, their shepherd, should be apprehended, co…
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Improper self-confidence, like that of Peter, is the first step to a fall. There is a proneness in all of us to be overconfident. But those fall so…
13th Century
Catholic
After the institution of the new Sacrament has been related, Christ here foretells the future stumbling of the disciples. The Evangelist, first, es…
