Matthew 26:32
in Matthew 26But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
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ASV
But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.
KJV
But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
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This verse in Matthew 26
Commentary
12 notes on this verseBut after I am risen again - Don’t lose your confidence; for though I shall appear for a time to be wholly left to wicked men, and be brought under the power of death, yet I will rise again, and triumph over all your enemies and mine. I will go before you - Still alluding to the case of the shepherd and his sheep. Though the shepherd has been smitten and the sheep scattered, the shepherd shall revive again, collect the scattered flock, and go before them, and lead them to peace, security, and happiness.
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I will strike the Shepherd
on Matthew 26:31-32
Jesus says they will all fall away that night and cites Zechariah 13:7. The shepherd language of 9:36 and 18:12 reaches its darkest point here. He answers the scattering with a promise to go ahead of them into Galilee after he has risen, the struck shepherd leading the flock again.
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go ahead of you into Galilee
Adam Clarke hears the shepherd of verse 31 still speaking, with the scattered flock gathered again and led from the front. The angel at the tomb repeats this promise in 28:7. The eleven meet him on a mountain in Galilee in 28:16.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers4 voices
Also He foretels this to them, that they who now were somewhat dispersed in consequence of the offence, should be after gathered together by Christ rising again, and going before them into Galilee of the Gentiles. Whence the other disciples were offended in Jesus, but Peter was not only offended, but what is much more, was suffered to deny Him thrice.
(Verse 32.) For it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee. This is also written in different words by the prophet Zachariah; and (if I am not mistaken) it is said by the voice of the prophet to God: Strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered (Zech. 13:7).
He did not leave the disciples with sad expressions but proclaimed the resurrection to them ahead of time, freeing them from grief, and he promised to go ahead of them into Galilee. In this way he shows that he is about to desert the Jews and go to the Gentiles.
He suffers them not however, on the other hand, to wait until the sorrows, but what saith He? "But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee." For not from Heaven doth He appear at once, neither will He depart into any distant country, but in the same nation, in which He had also been crucified, nearly in the same place, so as hereby again to assure them that He that was crucified was the very same that rose again, and in this way to comfort them more abundantly when in sorrow. Therefore also He said "in Galilee," that being freed from the fears of the Jews they might believe His saying. For which cause indeed He appeared there.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall stumble and fall because of Me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. But after I am risen again, I will go before …
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The Medieval Church1 voice
Then he foretells the joys of the resurrection: but after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee; because although the Father raised him, as is said elsewhere, Acts 2:24: whom God hath raised up, having loosed the sorrows of hell, …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But after I am risen again,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
These verses describe the appointment of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. Our Lord knew well the things that were before him, and graciously chose the last quiet evening that he could have before his crucifixion as an occasion for bestowing a parting gift on his church. How precious must this ordinance have afterwards appeared to his disciples when they remembered the events of the night! How mournful is the thought that no ordinance has led to such fierce controversy, and been so grievously misunderstood, as the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper!
These verses describe the appointment of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. Our Lord knew well the things that were before him, and graciously chose the last quiet evening that he could have before his crucifixion as an occasion for bestowing a parting gift on his church. How precious must this ordinance have afterwards appeared to his disciples when they remembered the events of the night! How mournful is the thought that no ordinance has led to such fierce controversy, and been so grievously misunderstood, as the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper! It ought to have united the church, but our sins have made it a cause of division. The thing which should have been for our welfare has been too often made an occasion of falling. The first thing that demands our notice in these verses is the right meaning of our Lord’s words, “This is my body ˆ this is my blood.” It is needless to say, that this question has divided the visible church of Christ. It has caused volumes of controversial theology to be written: but we must not shrink from having decided opinions upon it because theologians have disputed and differed. Unsoundness on this point has given rise to many deplorable superstitions. The plain meaning of our Lord’s words appears to be this: “This bread represents my body. This wine represents my blood.” He did not mean that the bread he gave to his disciples was really and literally his body; he did not mean that the wine he gave to his disciples was really and literally his blood. Let us lay firm hold on this interpretation: it may be supported by several grave reasons. The conduct of the disciples at the Lord’s Supper forbids us to believe that the bread they received was Christ’s body, and the wine they received was Christ’s blood.
The words behind it
10 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| μετὰ | meta | After | G3326 → | 461 times |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἐγερθῆναί | egerthenai | to raise | G1453 → | 142 times |
| με | me | Me | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| προάξω | proaxo | I will go before | G4254 → | 20 times |
| ὑμᾶς | humas | you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| εἰς | eis | into | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| τὴν | ten | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Γαλιλαίαν.¶ | galilaian | Galilee. | G1056 → | 61 times |
μετὰAfter
metaG3326 →461 times
δὲhowever
deG1161 →2765 times
τὸ<the>
toG3588 →19766 times
ἐγερθῆναίto raise
egerthenaiG1453 →142 times
μεMe
meG3165 →1936 times
προάξωI will go before
proaxoG4254 →20 times
ὑμᾶςyou
humasG4771 →2973 times
εἰςinto
eisG1519 →1755 times
τὴν<the>
tenG3588 →19766 times
Γαλιλαίαν.¶Galilee.
galilaianG1056 →61 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Mark 14:28But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
it leads to
- Matthew 28:7
Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ See, I have told you.”
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Mark 16:7
But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 28:16
Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.
- Matthew 28:7
Through
Matthew 20:19and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
it leads to
- Matthew 16:21
From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 16:21
Through
Matthew 28:16Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.
it leads to
- Matthew 28:10
“Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Mark 16:14
Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
- Matthew 28:10
Through
Matthew 28:10“Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”
it leads to
- Romans 8:29
For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
- John 20:17
“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God…
- Romans 8:29
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Cyril of Alexandria, FRAGMENT 293; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Matthew; John Chrysostom, Homily on the Gospel of Matthew 82; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Origen of Alexandria, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Matthew and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Matthew.