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Go quickly and tell his disciples, `He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.` Behold, I have told you."
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See, Then Go Quickly
Commentators like Spurgeon and Henry highlight the angel's two-part command. First, the women were to be personally convinced of the resurrection ('Come, see'). Then, they were immediately commissioned to share this life-changing news ('Go quickly'). This establishes a pattern for all believers: our personal experience of Christ is not meant for private contemplation alone but is an urgent message to be shared with a world in need of hope.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Tell his disciples. Mark adds particularly, tell "Peter". This was a kind message to Peter, who had so recently denied his Lord. It would …
He goeth before you into Galilee (προαγε υμας εις την Γαλιλαιαν). Jesus did appear to the disciples in Galilee on two notable occa…
19th Century
Anglican
He goes before you into Galilee — These words seem to point to a meeting in Galilee as the first appearance of the risen Lord to H…
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Baptist
Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the pla…
The angel speaks words that allay the women’s fears. While the empty tomb by itself is capable of several explanations, this explanatory word of re…
16th Century
Protestant
And go quickly, and tell his disciples. Here God, by the angel, confers extraordinary honor on the women, by instructing them to proclaim …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And go quickly and tell his disciples Who were mourning and weeping for the death of Christ; despairing of his resur…
Christ rose the third day after His death; that was the time He had often spoken of. On the first day of the first week, God commanded the light to…
13th Century
Catholic
After the Evangelist finished the mysteries of the Lord’s Passion, he treats of the triumph of the Lord’s Resurrection: and it is divided as follow…
