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**In, &c.** For the sequence of events connected with the resurrection see App-166 .
**In.** Greek. *en.* App-104 .
**end of** = late on, &c.
**the sabbath.** The weekly sabbath. The seventh day; not the high sabbath of Mat 28:62 or [John 19:42](../../../kjv/john/19/42) , because that was the first day of the feast (following the "preparation day"). See App-156 .
**toward.** Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**Mary . . . the other Mary.** See App-100 .
**to see** = to gaze upon. Greek. *theoreo.* App-133 . Not the same as in verses: [Matthew 6:7](../../../kjv/matthew/6/7) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) , [Matthew 6:17](../../../kjv/matthew/6/17) .
**sepulchre.** Greek. *taphos.* As in [Matthew 27:61](../../../kjv/matthew/27/61) , [Matthew 27:64](../../../kjv/matthew/27/64) , [Matthew 27:66](../../../kjv/matthew/27/66) . Not the same as in "tomb" ([Matthew 27:60](../../../kjv/matthew/27/60) ).

**behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**was** = happened.
**the LORD** = Jehovah ( App-4 ). See App-98 .
**from** = out of. Greek. *ek.*
**heaven.** Singular. See note on [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) .
**rolled back** = had rolled back.
**from** = away from. Greek. *apo* . Compare [Matthew 27:37](../../../kjv/matthew/27/37) .
**sat upon it.** See note on [Matthew 27:60](../../../kjv/matthew/27/60) . Sat that it might he known by what power it was rolled back.

**countenance** = general appearance. Greek. *idea.* Occurs only here.
**like lightning:** in effulgence.

**for** = from. Greek. *apo.*
**dead men.** See App-139 .

**I know.** Greek. *oida* . See App-132 .

**as** = according as.
**see.** Greek. *eidon.* App-133 .
**lay** = was (lately) lying.

**the dead.** See App-139 . (Plural)
**into** = unto. Greek. *eis.*
**Galilee.** App-169 .
**see.** Greek. *opsomai.* App-133 .

**went** = were going.
**met** = confronted. As from an opposite direction, Compare the noun ([Matthew 25:1](../../../kjv/matthew/25/1) , [Matthew 25:6](../../../kjv/matthew/25/6) . [Acts 28:15](../../../kjv/acts/28/15) . [1 Thessalonians 4:17](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/17) ).
**held Him by the feet** = seized Him by the feet.
**worshipped** = prostrated themselves before. See App-137 .

**the watch.** See note on Mat 27:68 , [Matthew 27:66](../../../kjv/matthew/27/66) .
**shewed** = told. See verses: [Matthew 28:8](../../../kjv/matthew/28/8) , [Matthew 28:9](../../../kjv/matthew/28/9) , [Matthew 28:10](../../../kjv/matthew/28/10) .
**were done** = had come to pass.

**large** = sufficient: i.e. to bribe them with.

**Saying, Say ye** = Telling them to say.

**if this come, &c.** = Should this come, &c. A condition of uncertainty. App-118 .
**persuade** = satisfy: i.e.
**bribe.** Compare [Galatians 1:1](../../../kjv/galatians/1/1) , [Galatians 1:10](../../../kjv/galatians/1/10) . See App-150 .
**secure you** = free you from care: i.e. make you safe, or screen you. Compare [1 Corinthians 7:32](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/7/32) .

**saying** = story. Greek. *logos* . See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) .
**is** = has been.

**a** = the.

**doubted** = hesitated. Greek. *distazo.* Occurs only in Matthew (here and in [Matthew 14:31](../../../kjv/matthew/14/31) ). The Greek aorist may he so rendered, especially in a parenthesis; and is so rendered in [Matthew 16:5](../../../kjv/matthew/16/5) .[Luke 8:29](../../../kjv/luke/8/29) . [John 18:24](../../../kjv/john/18/24) , it should be in [Matthew 26:48](../../../kjv/matthew/26/48) and in [Luke 22:44](../../../kjv/luke/22/44) also.

**came** = approached (as in [Matthew 28:9](../../../kjv/matthew/28/9) ).
**spake . . . Saying.** "Spake" referring to the act, and "saying" referring to the substance.
**power** = authority. Greek. *exousia.* App-172 .
**is given** = has (just, or lately) been given.
**heaven.** Singular. See note on [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) .
**in** = upon. Greek. *epi.*

**Go ye, &c.** See App-167 .
**teach** = disciple. Not the same word as in [Matthew 28:20](../../../kjv/matthew/28/20) .
**nations** = the nations.
**baptizing . . . in.** See App-115 Tr. and WI m. read "having baptized".
**in** = into. Denoting object and purpose. Compare [Matthew 3:11](../../../kjv/matthew/3/11) .[Acts 2:38](../../../kjv/acts/2/38) .
**the name.** Singular. Not "names". This is the final definition of "the Name" of the One true God.
**Father.** App-98 .
**the Holy Ghost** = the Holy Spirit. Greek. *pneuma.* See App-101 .

**always** = all the days.
**unto** = until.
**the end of the world** = the completion, or consummation, of the age: i.e. that then current dispensation, when this apostolic commission might have ended. See App-129 ., and note on [Matthew 13:39](../../../kjv/matthew/13/39) . But as Israel did not then repent ([Acts 3:19-26](../../../kjv/acts/3/19-26) ; [Acts 28:25-28](../../../kjv/acts/28/25-28) ), hence all is postponed till [Matthew 24:14](../../../kjv/matthew/24/14) shall be taken up and fulfilled, "then shall the end ( *telos* ) of the *sunteleia* come". This particular commission was therefore postponed. See App-167 .
**world** = age. Greek. *aion.* App-129 .

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