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Matthew 28:20
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teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember,
Teaching them to obserue all things, whatsoeuer I haue commanded you: and loe, I am with you alway, euen vnto the end of the world. Amen.
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
Teach them to obey everything that I have taught you, and I will be with you always, even until the end of this age."
teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age."
teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
teaching them to keep all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
and teach them to do everything I have told you. I will be with you always, even until the end of the world.
and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember! I will be with you always, yes, even until the end of the age."
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, *I* am with you all the days, until the completion of the age.
Teach them to obey everything that I have told you to do. You can be sure that I will be with you always. I will continue with you until the end of time."
Teaching them to obserue all things, whatsoeuer I haue commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, vntill the ende of the worlde, Amen.
And teach them to obey everything that I have commanded you; and, behold, I am with you all the days, to the end of the world. Amen.
and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age."
teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the age."
teaching them to observe all things, whatever I commanded you. And, behold, I am with you all the days until the completion of the age. Amen.
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
teaching them to observe all things which I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amein.
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And teach them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And, behold, I am with you all the days, until the consummation of the world. Amen.
And teach them to observe all that I have commanded you. And, behold, I am with you always, unto the consummation of the worlds Amen.
Teachyng the to obserue all thynges, whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you. And loe, I am with you alway, euen vnto the ende of the worlde.
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
teaching them to observe all things which I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and lo I am with you always, even to the end of the world.
20 Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you [fn] all the days ( [fn] erpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the [very] close and consummation of the age. [fn] Amen (so let it be).
techynge hem to kepe alle thingis, what euer thingis Y haue comaundid to you; and lo! Y am with you in alle daies, in to the ende of the world.
teaching them to observe all things whatever I commanded you: and look, I am with you always, even to the end of the world.
Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, [even] to the end of the world. Amen.
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. [fn]
Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Teach them to do all the things I have told you. And I am with you always, even to the end of the world."
and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I myself have commanded you, And lo! I, am, with you, all the days, until the conclusion of the age.
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age."
Teachinge them to observe all thynges what soever I comcommaunded you. And lo I am with you all waye even vntyll the ende of the worlde.
teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days -- till the full end of the age.'
and teach them to kepe all thinges, what soeuer I haue commaunded you. And lo, I am with you euery daye vnto the ende of the worlde.
teaching them to observe every thing which I have enjoin'd you: and be assured I shall be always with you to the end of the world.
teachin' them to ride the cowboy way I have taught y'all. And remember this, I am always with you, even to the very end of every trail."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
them: Matthew 7:24-27, Deuteronomy 5:32, Deuteronomy 12:32, Acts 2:42, Acts 20:20, Acts 20:21, Acts 20:27, 1 Corinthians 11:2, 1 Corinthians 11:23, 1 Corinthians 14:37, Ephesians 4:11-17, Ephesians 4:20-32, Colossians 1:28, 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:2, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12, 1 Timothy 6:1-4, Titus 2:1-10, 1 Peter 2:10-19, 2 Peter 1:5-11, 2 Peter 3:2, 1 John 2:3, 1 John 2:4, 1 John 3:19-24, Revelation 22:14
I am: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 18:20, Genesis 39:2, Genesis 39:3, Genesis 39:21, Exodus 3:12, Joshua 1:5, Psalms 46:7, Psalms 46:11, Isaiah 8:8-10, Isaiah 41:10, Mark 16:20, John 14:18-23, Acts 18:9, Acts 18:10, 2 Timothy 4:17, Revelation 22:21
unto: Matthew 13:39, Matthew 13:40, Matthew 13:49, Matthew 24:3
Amen: Matthew 6:13, 1 Kings 1:36, 1 Chronicles 16:36, Psalms 72:19, Revelation 1:18, Revelation 22:20
Reciprocal: Genesis 28:15 - I am Exodus 3:14 - I AM hath Exodus 4:15 - and I Exodus 6:29 - speak Exodus 7:2 - General Exodus 8:27 - as he shall Exodus 12:50 - as the Lord Exodus 17:10 - Joshua Exodus 18:16 - make Exodus 18:19 - God shall Exodus 18:20 - work Exodus 20:24 - in all places Exodus 21:1 - which Exodus 33:14 - My presence Exodus 34:9 - let my Lord Exodus 34:11 - Observe Exodus 34:32 - he gave Exodus 35:29 - the Lord Exodus 36:1 - according Exodus 38:22 - all that the Lord Exodus 39:5 - as the Lord Exodus 39:32 - according Exodus 39:42 - according Exodus 40:16 - according Leviticus 8:4 - General Leviticus 10:11 - General Numbers 1:54 - General Numbers 9:5 - according Numbers 20:11 - smote Numbers 29:40 - General Numbers 36:10 - General Deuteronomy 1:18 - General Deuteronomy 4:1 - unto the statutes Deuteronomy 4:5 - General Deuteronomy 11:32 - General Deuteronomy 26:16 - This day Joshua 1:8 - observe Joshua 6:27 - the Lord Judges 6:12 - The Lord Judges 6:16 - General Judges 13:14 - all that I 1 Samuel 10:7 - God 1 Samuel 16:18 - the Lord 1 Samuel 18:14 - the Lord 1 Samuel 20:13 - the Lord be 1 Kings 8:57 - General 2 Kings 18:7 - And the Lord 1 Chronicles 22:11 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 1:1 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 4:4 - three 2 Chronicles 17:3 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 17:9 - the book 2 Chronicles 20:17 - for the Lord Ezra 1:3 - his God Ezra 7:6 - the law Psalms 23:4 - for thou Psalms 42:5 - for the help Psalms 49:1 - inhabitants Psalms 65:5 - the confidence Psalms 73:23 - Nevertheless Psalms 91:15 - I will be Psalms 103:18 - remember Psalms 119:4 - General Psalms 143:10 - Teach Proverbs 8:1 - General Song of Solomon 6:2 - gone Song of Solomon 7:5 - the king Song of Solomon 8:13 - dwellest Isaiah 4:5 - upon every Isaiah 8:10 - for God Isaiah 41:4 - with the Isaiah 62:12 - not Isaiah 66:22 - so shall Jeremiah 1:7 - for thou shalt Jeremiah 1:8 - for I am Jeremiah 11:4 - Obey Jeremiah 26:2 - all the words Jeremiah 28:6 - Amen Jeremiah 30:11 - I am Jeremiah 42:11 - for I Jeremiah 43:1 - all the words Jeremiah 46:28 - for I am Ezekiel 2:7 - thou Ezekiel 34:30 - General Ezekiel 43:7 - where I Ezekiel 43:11 - and do Ezekiel 44:5 - concerning Ezekiel 46:10 - General Daniel 11:33 - understand Amos 5:14 - and so Micah 4:2 - for Haggai 1:13 - I am Zechariah 2:10 - and I Zechariah 9:14 - seen Zechariah 10:5 - because Matthew 5:19 - do Matthew 11:1 - commanding Matthew 11:29 - and learn Matthew 23:34 - I send Matthew 26:11 - but Matthew 26:29 - until Luke 14:23 - Go Luke 24:53 - Amen John 3:13 - even John 13:1 - unto John 14:16 - abide Acts 10:42 - he commanded Acts 15:35 - teaching Acts 23:11 - the Lord Romans 9:5 - Amen Romans 15:33 - be Romans 16:26 - according 1 Corinthians 5:4 - when 1 Corinthians 14:16 - Amen 1 Corinthians 16:24 - Amen 2 Corinthians 12:9 - the power 2 Corinthians 13:14 - Amen Galatians 1:5 - Amen Galatians 3:27 - as many Ephesians 6:24 - Amen Philippians 4:9 - with Philippians 4:20 - Amen 2 Thessalonians 3:4 - that 2 Thessalonians 3:16 - The Lord be 1 Timothy 1:17 - Amen 1 Timothy 5:21 - that 1 Timothy 6:3 - the words 2 Timothy 4:22 - The Lord Titus 2:12 - Teaching Hebrews 13:21 - Amen James 1:22 - be 2 Peter 3:18 - Amen Revelation 2:1 - walketh Revelation 12:17 - which Revelation 19:4 - Amen
Cross-References
So Isaac called in Jacob and blessed him. Then he ordered him, "Don't take a Caananite wife. Leave at once. Go to Paddan Aram to the family of your mother's father, Bethuel. Get a wife for yourself from the daughters of your uncle Laban.
"And may The Strong God bless you and give you many, many children, a congregation of peoples; and pass on the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants so that you will get this land in which you live, this land God gave Abraham."
Jacob left Beersheba and went to Haran. He came to a certain place and camped for the night since the sun had set. He took one of the stones there, set it under his head and lay down to sleep. And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground and it reached all the way to the sky; angels of God were going up and going down on it.
Jacob vowed a vow: "If God stands by me and protects me on this journey on which I'm setting out, keeps me in food and clothing, and brings me back in one piece to my father's house, this God will be my God. This stone that I have set up as a memorial pillar will mark this as a place where God lives. And everything you give me, I'll return a tenth to you."
Hannah Pours Out Her Heart to God There once was a man who lived in Ramathaim. He was descended from the old Zuph family in the Ephraim hills. His name was Elkanah. (He was connected with the Zuphs from Ephraim through his father Jeroham, his grandfather Elihu, and his great-grandfather Tohu.) He had two wives. The first was Hannah; the second was Peninnah. Peninnah had children; Hannah did not. Every year this man went from his hometown up to Shiloh to worship and offer a sacrifice to God -of-the-Angel-Armies. Eli and his two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as the priests of God there. When Elkanah sacrificed, he passed helpings from the sacrificial meal around to his wife Peninnah and all her children, but he always gave an especially generous helping to Hannah because he loved her so much, and because God had not given her children. But her rival wife taunted her cruelly, rubbing it in and never letting her forget that God had not given her children. This went on year after year. Every time she went to the sanctuary of God she could expect to be taunted. Hannah was reduced to tears and had no appetite. Her husband Elkanah said, "Oh, Hannah, why are you crying? Why aren't you eating? And why are you so upset? Am I not of more worth to you than ten sons?" So Hannah ate. Then she pulled herself together, slipped away quietly, and entered the sanctuary. The priest Eli was on duty at the entrance to God 's Temple in the customary seat. Crushed in soul, Hannah prayed to God and cried and cried—inconsolably. Then she made a vow: Oh, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, If you'll take a good, hard look at my pain, If you'll quit neglecting me and go into action for me By giving me a son, I'll give him completely, unreservedly to you. I'll set him apart for a life of holy discipline. It so happened that as she continued in prayer before God , Eli was watching her closely. Hannah was praying in her heart, silently. Her lips moved, but no sound was heard. Eli jumped to the conclusion that she was drunk. He approached her and said, "You're drunk! How long do you plan to keep this up? Sober up, woman!" Hannah said, "Oh no, sir—please! I'm a woman hard used. I haven't been drinking. Not a drop of wine or beer. The only thing I've been pouring out is my heart, pouring it out to God . Don't for a minute think I'm a bad woman. It's because I'm so desperately unhappy and in such pain that I've stayed here so long." Eli answered her, "Go in peace. And may the God of Israel give you what you have asked of him." "Think well of me—and pray for me!" she said, and went her way. Then she ate heartily, her face radiant. Up before dawn, they worshiped God and returned home to Ramah. Elkanah slept with Hannah his wife, and God began making the necessary arrangements in response to what she had asked. Before the year was out, Hannah had conceived and given birth to a son. She named him Samuel, explaining, "I asked God for him." When Elkanah next took his family on their annual trip to Shiloh to worship God , offering sacrifices and keeping his vow, Hannah didn't go. She told her husband, "After the child is weaned, I'll bring him myself and present him before God —and that's where he'll stay, for good." Elkanah said to his wife, "Do what you think is best. Stay home until you have weaned him. Yes! Let God complete what he has begun!" So she did. She stayed home and nursed her son until she had weaned him. Then she took him up to Shiloh, bringing also the makings of a generous sacrificial meal—a prize bull, flour, and wine. The child was so young to be sent off! They first butchered the bull, then brought the child to Eli. Hannah said, "Excuse me, sir. Would you believe that I'm the very woman who was standing before you at this very spot, praying to God ? I prayed for this child, and God gave me what I asked for. And now I have dedicated him to God . He's dedicated to God for life." Then and there, they worshiped God .
Saul did something really foolish that day. He addressed the army: "A curse on the man who eats anything before evening, before I've wreaked vengeance on my enemies!" None of them ate a thing all day.
Here in this great gathering for worship I have discovered this praise-life. And I'll do what I promised right here in front of the God-worshipers. Down-and-outers sit at God 's table and eat their fill. Everyone on the hunt for God is here, praising him. "Live it up, from head to toe. Don't ever quit!"
God, you did everything you promised, and I'm thanking you with all my heart. You pulled me from the brink of death, my feet from the cliff-edge of doom. Now I stroll at leisure with God in the sunlit fields of life.
I'm bringing my prizes and presents to your house. I'm doing what I said I'd do, What I solemnly swore I'd do that day when I was in so much trouble: The choicest cuts of meat for the sacrificial meal; Even the fragrance of roasted lamb is like a meal! Or make it an ox garnished with goat meat!
Do for God what you said you'd do— he is, after all, your God. Let everyone in town bring offerings to the One Who Watches our every move. Nobody gets by with anything, no one plays fast and loose with him.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Teaching them to observe all things,.... All ordinances, not only baptism, but the Lord's supper; all positive institutions, and moral duties; all obligations, both to God and men; all relative duties that respect the world, or one another, those that are without, and those that are within; and these are to be taught them, and therefore to be insisted on in the ministry of the word; and not merely in order that they may know them, and have the theory of them, but that the may put them into practice:
whatsoever I have commanded you; every thing that Christ has commanded, be it what it will, and nothing else; for Christ's ministers are not to teach for doctrines the commandments of men; or enjoin that on the churches, which is of their own, or other men's devising, and was never ordered by Christ; and for their encouragement he adds,
and lo! I am with you always, even unto the end of the world: meaning, not merely to the end of their lives, which would be the end of the world to them; nor to the end of the Jewish world, or state, which was not a great way off, though this is sometimes the sense of this phrase; but to the end of the world to come, the Gospel church state, which now took place; or to the end of the present world, the universe: not that the apostles should live to the end of it; but that whereas Christ would have a church and people to the end of the world, and the Gospel and the ordinances of it should be administered so long, and there should be Gospel ministers till that time; Christ's sense is, that he would grant his presence to them, his immediate disciples, and to all that should succeed them in future generations, to the end of time: and which is to be understood not of his corporeal presence, which they should not have till then, but of his spiritual presence; and that he would be with them, in a spiritual sense, to assist them in their work, to comfort them under all discouragements, to supply them with his grace, and to protect them from all enemies, and preserve from all evils; which is a great encouragement both to administer the word and ordinances, and attend on them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Lo, I am with you - That is, by my Spirit, my providence, my attending counsel and guidance. I will strengthen, assist, and direct you. This also proves that Christ is divine. If he is a mere man, or a creature, though of the highest order, how could he promise to be âwithâ his disciples âalways,â or at all? They would be scattered far and wide. His disciples would greatly increase. If he was âwith themâ always, he was God; for no finite creature could thus be present with many people scattered in different parts of the world.
Unto the end of the world - The word rendered âworld,â here, sometimes means âage or stateâ and by some it has been supposed to mean, I will be with you until the end of this âage,â or during the continuance of the Jewish state, to the destruction of Jerusalem. But as the presence of Christ was no less necessary after that than before, there seems to be no propriety in limiting the promise to his own age. It may therefore be considered as a gracious assurance that he would aid, strengthen, guide, and defend all his disciples, but more especially his ministers, to the end of time.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 28:20. Teaching them to observe all things — Men are ignorant of Divine things, and must be taught. Only those can be considered as proper teachers of the ignorant who are thoroughly instructed in whatsoever Christ has commanded. Persons who are entrusted with the public ministry of the word should take care that they teach not human creeds and confessions of faith, in place of the Sacred Writings; but those things, and those only, which Jesus has commanded.
And, lo, I am with you alway — και Î¹Î´Î¿Ï ÎµÎ³Ï Î¼ÎµÎ¸' Ï ÌμÏν ειμι ÏαÏÎ±Ï ÏÎ±Ï Î·ÌμεÏÎ±Ï - literally, Behold, I am with you every day. A minister of Christ should consider, that while his soul simply and uniformly follows Jesus, he shall be made a constant instrument of bringing many sons and daughters to glory. The dark, it is true, must be enlightened, the ignorant instructed, the profligate reclaimed, the guilty justified, and the unholy sanctified; and who is sufficient for this work? HE with whom the Son of God is EVERY DAY, and none other.
Unto the end of the world. — Some translate, εÌÏÏ ÏÎ·Ï ÏÏ Î½ÏÎµÎ»ÎµÎ¹Î±Ï ÏÎ¿Ï Î±Î¹ÏνοÏ, to the end of this age; meaning the apostolic age, or Jewish dispensation; and then they refer the promise of Christ's presence to the working of miracles, and explain this by Mark 16:17-19. By my name they shall cast out demons, c., c. But though the words are used in this sense in several places, see Matthew 13:39-40 Matthew 13:49; Matthew 24:3, yet it is certain they were repeatedly used among the primitive ecclesiastical writers to denote the consummation of all things; and it is likely that this is the sense in which they are used here, which the Anglo-Saxon has happily expressed: [Anglo-Saxon] - And I, be with you all days, until world ending; and this is indispensably necessary, because the presence and influence of Jesus Christ are essentially requisite in every age of the world, to enlighten, instruct, and save the lost. The promise takes in not only the primitive apostles, but also all their successors in the Christian ministry, as long as the earth shall endure.
Amen. — This word is omitted by some of the oldest and most authentic MSS., and by some versions and fathers. When it is considered that the word amen simply means so be it! we may at once perceive that it could not be added by our Lord. For our Lord could not pray that his own will might be done, or his own promise fulfilled. The word is, therefore, utterly impertinent as a part of the sacred text, and could neither have been added by our Lord, nor by the evangelist. The amens at the end of the sacred books have no other authority than what they derive from the transcribers of copies; and, at best, are only to be considered as the pious wish of the writer, or of the Church, that the promises contained in the sacred volume may be accomplished. Indeed, it seems often to have no other meaning than our finis at the end of our books.
In the MSS. and versions there are various subscriptions, or epigraphs, to this Gospel: the following are the principal: -
"The Gospel according to Matthew - written by him in Jerusalem - in Palestine - in the east - in the Hebrew dialect - in Hebrew - eight years after the ascension of Christ-interpreted by John - by James the brother of the Lord."
The subscription in some copies of the Arabic version is very full: "The end of the copy of the Gospel of Matthew the Apostle. He wrote it in the land of Palestine, by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, in the Hebrew tongue, eight years after the bodily ascension of Jesus the Messiah into heaven, in the first year of the reign of Claudius Caesar, king of Rome."
These are sufficient to show how little credit should be attached to the subscriptions found at the end of the sacred books, either in the MSS., or in the versions.
1. IN concluding my notes on this evangelist, I cannot express myself better than in the words of the late Mr. Wakefield, to whom this commentary has been in many instances indebted. "I have now finished my observations on the Gospel of Matthew: a piece of history, it must be acknowledged, the most singular in its composition, the most wonderful in its contents, and the most important in its object, that was ever exhibited to the notice of mankind. For simplicity of narrative, and an artless relation of facts, without any applause or censure, or digressive remarks, on the part of the historian, upon the characters introduced in it; without any intermixture of his own opinion, upon any subject whatsoever; and for a multiplicity of internal marks of credibility, this Gospel certainly has no parallel among human productions."
2. One thing the pious and intelligent reader has, no doubt, already noticed: there is not one truth, or doctrine, in the whole oracles of God, which is not taught in this evangelist. The outlines of the whole spiritual system are here correctly laid down: even Paul himself has added nothing; he has amplified and illustrated the truths contained in this Gospel; but, even under the direct inspiration of the Holy Ghost, neither he nor any other of the apostles have brought to light any one truth, the prototype of which has not been found in the words or acts of our blessed Lord, as related by Matthew, in the work which has already passed under review. The Gospel by St. Matthew is the grand text-book of Christianity; the other Gospels are collateral evidences of its truth, and the apostolic epistles are comments on the text. In the commencement of this work, I stated my wish, "to assist my fellow labourers in the vineyard to lead men to HIM who is the fountain of all excellence, goodness, truth, and happiness; - to magnify his LAW, and make it honourable; - to show the wonderful provision made in his GOSPEL for the recovery and salvation of a sinful world; - to prove that God's great design is to make his creatures HAPPY; and that such a salvation as it becomes God to give, and such as man needs to receive, is within the grasp of every human soul." -- General Preface, before Genesis. And having thus far done what I could, in reference to these great and important purposes, here I register my thanks to the ever-blessed God, Father, Word, and Holy Spirit, that he has permitted me to cast my mite into this sacred treasury, to add my feeble testimony to his Eternal Truth; and has spared me, in the midst of many infirmities and oppressive labours, to see the conclusion of this Gospel, a consummation which I had long devoutly wished, but which I had scarcely hoped ever to see realized.
May the Divine Author of this sacred book give the reader a heart-felt experience of all the truths it contains; make and keep him wise unto salvation; build him up in this most holy faith; and give him an inheritance among the blessed, through Christ Jesus, the Friend of mankind, and the Saviour of sinners, who is the object and end of this glorious system of truth! And to Him, with the Father and Eternal Spirit, be glory and dominion, thanksgiving and obedience, for ever and ever, Amen and amen!
