Matthew 28:10

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Jesus told them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there.”

King James Version (1611)
Then said Iesus vnto them, Be not afraid: Goe tell my brethren that they goe into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

King James Version
Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

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

New American Standard Bible
Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go, bring word to My brothers to leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me."

New Century Version
Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go and tell my followers to go on to Galilee, and they will see me there."

Amplified Bible
Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell My brothers to leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me [just as I promised]."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and take word to My brethren to leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me."

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jesus *said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and report to My brothers to leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me."

Berean Standard Bible
"Do not be afraid," said Jesus. "Go, tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me."

Contemporary English Version
Then Jesus said, "Don't be afraid! Tell my followers to go to Galilee. They will see me there."

Complete Jewish Bible
Then Yeshua said to them, "Don't be afraid! Go and tell my brothers to go to the Galil, and they will see me there."

Darby Translation
Then Jesus says to them, Fear not; go, bring word to my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there they shall see me.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my followers to go to Galilee. They will see me there."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said Iesus vnto them, Be not afraide. Goe, and tell my brethren, that they goe into Galile, and there shall they see me.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid; but go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they shall see me.

Good News Translation
"Do not be afraid," Jesus said to them. "Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me."

Lexham English Bible
Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid! Go tell my brothers that they should go to Galilee, and there they will see me."

Literal Translation
Then Jesus said to them, Do not fear. Go tell your brothers that they may go into Galilee, and there they will see Me.

American Standard Version
Then saith Jesus unto them, Fear not: go tell my brethren that they depart into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

Bible in Basic English
Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me.

Hebrew Names Version
Then Yeshua said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they may go into the Galil, and there they will see me."

International Standard Version
Then Jesus said to them, "Stop being afraid! Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and there they will see me."John 20:17; Romans 8:29; Hebrews 2:11;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Then said Jeshu to them, Fear not; but go tell my brethren, that I will go into Galila, and there they shall see me.

Murdock Translation
Then Jesus said to them: Be not afraid; but go, tell my brethren, that they go into Galilee, and there they will see me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Iesus vnto them: be not afrayde. Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, & there shal they see me.

English Revised Version
Then saith Jesus unto them, Fear not: go tell my brethren that they depart into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

World English Bible
Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they may go into Galilee, and there they will see me."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then saith Jesus to them, Fear not. Go tell my brethren to go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

Weymouth's New Testament
Then He said, "Dismiss all fear! Go and take word to my brethren to go into Galilee, and there they shall see me."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne Jhesus seide to hem, Nyle ye drede; go ye, `telle ye to my britheren, that thei go in to Galile; there thei schulen se me.

Update Bible Version
Then Jesus says to them, Don't be afraid: go tell my brothers that they depart into Galilee, and there they shall see me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Jesus to them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren, that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

New English Translation
Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there."

New King James Version
Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me."

New Living Translation
Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid! Go tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there."

New Life Bible
Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell My followers to go to Galilee. They will see Me there."

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, Jesus saith unto them - Be not afraid! Go your way, bear tidings unto my brethren, that they may depart into Galilee; and, there, shall they themselves see me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Jesus said to them: Fear not. Go, tell my brethren that they go into Galilee. There they shall see me.

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

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The sayde Iesus vnto them: be not afrayde. Go and tell my brethren that they goo in to Galile and there shall they se me.

Young's Literal Translation
Then saith Jesus to them, `Fear ye not, go away, tell to my brethren that they may go away to Galilee, and there they shall see me.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sayde Iesus vnto them: Be not afrayed: go youre waye and tell my brethren, that they go in to Galile, there shal they se me.

Mace New Testament (1729)
then said Jesus to them, be not afraid: go bid my brethren repair to Galilee, and there shall they see me.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Then Jesus told 'em, "Don't be scared. Go and tell the boys of my outfit to meet me in Galilee."

Contextual Overview

¹After the Sabbath, as the first light of the new week dawned, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to keep vigil at the tomb. Suddenly the earth reeled and rocked under their feet as God's angel came down from heaven, came right up to where they were standing. He rolled back the stone and then sat on it. Shafts of lightning blazed from him. His garments shimmered snow-white. The guards at the tomb were scared to death. They were so frightened, they couldn't move. ⁵The angel spoke to the women: "There is nothing to fear here. I know you're looking for Jesus, the One they nailed to the cross. He is not here. He was raised, just as he said. Come and look at the place where he was placed. ⁷ "Now, get on your way quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He is risen from the dead. He is going on ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there.' That's the message." ⁸The women, deep in wonder and full of joy, lost no time in leaving the tomb. They ran to tell the disciples. Then Jesus met them, stopping them in their tracks. "Good morning!" he said. They fell to their knees, embraced his feet, and worshiped him. Jesus said, "You're holding on to me for dear life! Don't be frightened like that. Go tell my brothers that they are to go to Galilee, and that I'll meet them there."

Bible Verse Review
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Be: Matthew 28:5, Matthew 14:27, Luke 24:36-38, John 6:20

go: Matthew 28:7, Judges 10:16, Psalms 103:8-13, Mark 16:7

my: Matthew 12:48-50, Matthew 25:40, Matthew 25:45, Mark 3:33-35, John 20:17, Romans 8:29, Hebrews 2:11-18

Reciprocal: Psalms 22:22 - my brethren Daniel 10:12 - Fear not Matthew 12:50 - the same Matthew 26:32 - I will Matthew 28:16 - went Mark 3:34 - Behold Mark 14:28 - General Luke 8:21 - My mother John 20:18 - came 1 Corinthians 15:6 - he was

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and Sarai his daughter-in-law (his son Abram's wife) and set out with them from Ur of the Chaldees for the land of Canaan. But when they got as far as Haran, they settled down there.

Hosea 12:12
Are you going to repeat the life of your ancestor Jacob? He ran off guilty to Aram, Then sold his soul to get ahead, and made it big through treachery and deceit. Your real identity is formed through God-sent prophets, who led you out of Egypt and served as faithful pastors. As it is, Ephraim has continually and inexcusably insulted God. Now he has to pay for his life-destroying ways. His Master will do to him what he has done.

Acts 7:2
Stephen replied, "Friends, fathers, and brothers, the God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before the move to Haran, and told him, ‘Leave your country and family and go to the land I'll show you.'

Acts 25:13
A few days later King Agrippa and his wife, Bernice, visited Caesarea to welcome Festus to his new post. After several days, Festus brought up Paul's case to the king. "I have a man on my hands here, a prisoner left by Felix. When I was in Jerusalem, the high priests and Jewish leaders brought a bunch of accusations against him and wanted me to sentence him to death. I told them that wasn't the way we Romans did things. Just because a man is accused, we don't throw him out to the dogs. We make sure the accused has a chance to face his accusers and defend himself of the charges. So when they came down here I got right on the case. I took my place in the courtroom and put the man on the stand.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Jesus unto them, be not afraid,.... Of me, or what you have seen; or lest there should be any deception in the case. In other respects the saints are subject to fears; as lest they should have no share in the love of God, nor interest in Christ, or the work of God is not begun in their hearts; and by reason of sin, lest that should get the ascendant over them, and they perish by it, and so fall short of eternal glory; when it is the will of Christ to have these fears removed, by shedding abroad his love in their hearts, by affording his gracious presence, views of interest in him, and promises of his grace, by sending his Spirit, word, and ministers to comfort them, by discovering and applying pardoning grace to them, and showing his power to keep them.

Go tell my brethren; meaning not his kinsmen according to the flesh, but his disciples, who were in this relation to him, as all the elect of God are; not only through his incarnation, he being their "Goel", their near kinsman, and Redeemer, and of the same nature, flesh, and blood with them, and like unto them in all things, excepting sin; but on account of their divine adoption, to which they were predestinated, and which they received through his redemption, and under the witnessings of the Spirit: he that is his God being theirs; and he that is his Father being theirs also: and which was made manifest in their regeneration, by their faith in him; and obedience to him, and his Father; see Matthew 12:49. A very considerable relation this is, that the disciples stood in to Christ, who is the eternal Son of God, and heir of all things; and wonderful grace and condescension it was in Christ to own the relation, when they had so lately forsaken him; and now he was raised from the dead, and had glory given him:

that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me: he does not say they should not see him before: for they saw him, all but Thomas, that very evening, and all of them eight days after; and both times were before they went into Galilee: but this he said, to put them in mind of what he had promised them, Matthew 26:32, and to confirm the words of the angel; and which might serve for a confirmation of the truth of these things, both to the women, and to the disciples, when they observed the exact agreement between the words of Christ, and of the angel. Moreover, it may be remarked, that wherever Christ has appointed to meet his people, they may expect, and be sure to see him at one time or another; as in his house and ordinances, where they are sometimes indulged with a sight of him by faith, which is an appropriating, assimilating, soul rejoicing, and satisfying one; when with pleasure they behold the glory of his divine person, and of his offices, the transcendent excellencies and perfections of his nature, his love and his loveliness, the beauty and amiableness of him, the fulness of grace, life, and righteousness in him, and so the suitableness of him as their Saviour and Redeemer; and when they are favoured with communion with him, and the joys of his salvation.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be not afraid - The ancients, when in the presence of a heavenly being - an angel, or one who was supposed to be possessed of divine power were commonly struck with great “fear,” as well as a great sense of their unworthiness. See Luke 5:8; Judges 6:22-23; Judges 13:21-22. These women were in like manner alarmed when they saw Jesus, believing him now especially to be a Divine Being; seeing him returning from the regions of the dead, and doubtless impressed with a new consciousness that they were unworthy of being in his presence. Jesus comforted them. He was the “same Jesus” with whom they had been before his death, and they had no reason now to fear him.

Go tell my brethren - There is something exceedingly tender in the appellation used here - “my brethren.” Though he was risen from the dead, though about to be exalted to heaven, yet he did not disdain to call his disciples his brethren. This was calculated still further to silence the fears of the women and to inspire them with confidence.

Into Galilee - Galilee was the northern part of the land. There the Saviour commenced his ministry; and there, away from the noise and confusion of the city, he purposed again to meet them, in retirement and quietness, to satisfy them of his resurrection, and to commission them to go forth and preach the everlasting gospel.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 28:10. Be not afraid — They were seized with fear at the sight of the angel; and this was now renewed by this unexpected appearance of Christ. Matthew 28:8; Matthew 28:8.

Go, tell my brethren — This is the first time our Lord called his disciples by this endearing name: they no doubt thought that their Lord would reproach them with their past cowardice and infidelity; but, in speaking thus, he gives them a full assurance, in the most tender terms, that all that was passed was as buried for ever.