Focused Passage

Matthew 28:16-20

The Resurrection of Jesus and the Great Commission of the Risen King

Matthew 28 moves from the sealed tomb to the opened tomb, from fear of the guards to comfort for the women, from angelic announcement to personal encounter with Jesus, from truthful witness to bribed falsehood, from the eleven in Galilee to universal mission, and from Jesus’ resurrection to his continuing presence with his disciple-making church.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

16Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.

17When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted.

18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 16

Original words

MeanwhileδὲG1161ConjunctiontheΟἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralelevenἕνδεκαG1733Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluraldisciplesμαθηταὶG3101Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralwentἐπορεύθησανG4198Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person PluraltoεἰςG1519Preposition-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularGalileeΓαλιλαίανG1056Noun - Accusative Feminine SingulartoεἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularmountainὄροςG3735Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular. . .οὗG3757Adverb-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦςG2424Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularhad designatedἐτάξατοG5021Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular. . .αὐτοῖςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Verse 17

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WhenκαὶG2532Conjunctionthey sawἰδόντεςG3708Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralHimαὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singularthey worshiped HimπροσεκύνησανG4352Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralbutδὲG1161ConjunctionsomeοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluraldoubtedἐδίστασανG1365Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Verse 18

Original words

ThenΚαὶG2532Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦςG2424Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularcame toπροσελθὼνG4334Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularthemαὐτοῖςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural[and] saidἐλάλησενG2980Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. . .λέγωνG3004Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularAllπᾶσαG3956Adjective - Nominative Feminine SingularauthorityἐξουσίαG1849Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularinἐνG1722PrepositionheavenοὐρανῷG3772Noun - Dative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiononἐπὶG1909Preposition-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularearthγῆςG1093Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularhas been givenἘδόθηG1325Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singularto MeμοιG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Verse 19

Original words

ThereforeοὖνG3767Conjunctiongo [and]πορευθέντεςG4198Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Pluralmake disciplesμαθητεύσατεG3100Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Pluralof allπάνταG3956Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural-τὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluralnationsἔθνηG1484Noun - Accusative Neuter PluralbaptizingβαπτίζοντεςG907Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralthemαὐτοὺςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person PluralinεἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularnameὄνομαG3686Noun - Accusative Neuter Singularof theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularFatherΠατρὸςG3962Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionof theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularSonΥἱοῦG5207Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionof theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularHolyἉγίουG40Adjective - Genitive Neuter SingularSpiritΠνεύματοςG4151Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular

BSB notes

  • Literally Having gone, therefore, make disciples
Verse 20

Original words

[and] teachingδιδάσκοντεςG1321Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralthemαὐτοὺςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Pluralto obeyτηρεῖνG5083Verb - Present Infinitive ActiveallπάνταG3956Adjective - Accusative Neuter PluralthatὅσαG3745Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter PluralI have commandedἐνετειλάμηνG1781Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person SingularyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralAndκαὶG2532ConjunctionsurelyἰδοὺG2400Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingularIἐγὼG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person SingularamεἰμιG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singularwithμεθ’G3326PrepositionyouὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person PluralalwaysπάσαςG3956Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural. . .τὰςG3588Article - Accusative Feminine Plural. . .ἡμέραςG2250Noun - Accusative Feminine Pluraleven toἕωςG2193PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularendσυντελείαςG4930Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularof theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularageαἰῶνοςG165Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular

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