마태복음 Chapter 28

Translation: ESV

1

Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

Key Message

The resurrection inaugurated a new creation on the first day of the week — as God began creation on the first day, so the new creation begins on the first day.

▸The first day of the week — the day that would become the Christian Sunday — opens with two faithful women going to the tomb.

The first day of the week — the day that would become the Christian Sunday — opens with two faithful women going to the tomb. Where the disciples have scattered, these women remain and come first. Their fidelity to Jesus is rewarded with the privilege of being the first witnesses of the resurrection. The day the women come has given Christian worship its weekly rhythm for two thousand years.

Related Verses

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark.
2

And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.

Key Message

The resurrection is the greatest event in history — creation itself trembled, and heaven's messenger came to announce what God had done.

▸An earthquake and a descending angel mark the opening of the tomb.

3

His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.

Key Message

The angel who announces the resurrection comes clothed in heavenly glory — the future age breaking into the present.

▸The angel's appearance — lightning-like and snow-white — is the language of divine glory and absolute purity.

4

And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.

Key Message

The resurrection's opponents became its involuntary witnesses — the very measure intended to prevent it only confirmed its reality.

▸The guards — posted specifically to prevent any supernatural occurrence — become 'like dead men' (ὡσεὶ νεκροί) at the sight of the angel.

5

But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.

Key Message

Those who seek Jesus faithfully are the first to hear the resurrection announcement — love for Jesus is rewarded with revelation.

▸The angel's first word to the women is 'Do not be afraid' — the classic reassurance accompanying every significant divine revelation in Scripture (cf.

6

He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.

Key Message

The empty tomb fulfills Jesus' own word and stands as the verification of everything he taught and claimed.

▸'He is not here, for he has risen, as he said' — this is the proclamation at the heart of the Christian gospel.

7

Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you."

Key Message

The resurrection announcement immediately becomes a sending — those who receive the good news are sent to carry it to others.

▸The resurrection announcement immediately becomes a commission: 'Go quickly and tell.

8

So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

Key Message

The resurrection produces both holy fear and overwhelming joy — the right response to the most staggering event in history.

▸The women depart with 'fear and great joy' simultaneously (μετὰ φόβου καὶ χαρᾶς μεγάλης) — two seemingly contradictory emotions that together perfectly describe the encounter with the resurrection.

9

And behold, Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.

Key Message

The risen Jesus personally meets the faithful and greets them with the joy that his resurrection declares — he is the living Lord.

▸Jesus himself meets the women as they run.

10

Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me."

Key Message

The risen Jesus calls failed disciples 'brothers' — the resurrection is not only physical but relational, restoring what sin and failure had broken.

▸Jesus calls the disciples 'my brothers' (τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου) — a staggering gesture of grace toward the men who denied and abandoned him.

11

While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place.

Key Message

The resurrection was reported to both friends and enemies; the enemies' report is among the strongest historical evidence for its occurrence.

▸While the women carry the resurrection news to the disciples, some of the guards report what happened to the chief priests.

12

And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers,

Key Message

Truth cannot be permanently suppressed by money, power, or institutional authority; the conspiracy required to deny the resurrection is itself evidence for it.

▸The same coalition that arranged Jesus' trial — chief priests and elders — now assembles to manage the resurrection's fallout.

13

saying, "Tell people, 'His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.'

Key Message

The fabricated theft story indirectly confirms the empty tomb; the opposition needed an explanation because the tomb was undeniably empty.

▸The manufactured explanation — 'the disciples stole the body while we slept' — is logically self-defeating.

14

And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble."

Key Message

Maintaining a lie requires an ever-expanding network of complicity; the resurrection cover-up needed institutional power, money, and ongoing political management.

▸The chief priests promise to manage any fallout with Pilate if the soldiers' dereliction of duty comes to light.

15

So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

Key Message

The theft story's persistence is itself evidence that the empty tomb was undeniable; the only question was the explanation.

▸The soldiers take the bribe and spread the fabricated story.

16

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.

Key Message

The disciples' obedient journey to the designated mountain models the faithful response to Jesus' word: going where he directs, in expectation of meeting him there.

▸The eleven (Judas is gone) travel to Galilee — to the specific mountain Jesus had designated.

17

And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted.

Key Message

Genuine faith can coexist with genuine doubt; what matters is that the doubting disciple comes to Jesus, not that the doubt is instantly resolved.

▸The disciples worshiped — and some doubted.

18

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Key Message

The Great Commission rests on the universal authority of the risen and exalted Christ; we go in his authority, not our own.

▸The risen Jesus approaches and declares: 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

19

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Key Message

The Great Commission is universal in scope, Trinitarian in content, and grounded in the authority of the risen Christ — the charter of the church's mission.

▸The Great Commission.

20

teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Key Message

The Great Commission is sustained by the greatest promise: the risen, all-authoritative Lord is present with his people every day until the very end of the age.

▸The final verse of Matthew's Gospel closes with the promise of Emmanuel — 'God with us' — which opened the Gospel (1:23).