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Wesley's New Testament

Matthew 28:17

And when they saw him they worshiped him, tho' some had doubted.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Doubting;   Galilee;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Thompson Chain Reference - Appears, Christ;   Christ;   Dead, the;   Doubters;   Faith-Unbelief;   Faithlessness;   Infidelity;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;   The Topic Concordance - Disciples/apostles;   Evangelism;   Sending and Those Sent;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ministers;   Resurrection of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Thomas;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Appear, Appearance;   Disciple, Discipleship;   Great Commission, the;   Jesus Christ;   Nations, the;   Resurrection;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Angel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Resurrection of Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Church;   Disciples;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Resurrection of Jesus Christ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Doubt;   Resurrection;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Certainty (2);   Church (2);   Commission;   Discourse;   Doubt;   Logia;   Miracles;   Missions;   Prayer (2);   Pre-Eminence ;   Resurrection of Christ;   Reverence;   Sacraments;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adoration;   Philip (2);  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 14;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When they saw him, they worshiped, but some doubted.
King James Version (1611)
And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
King James Version
And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
English Standard Version
And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted.
New American Standard Bible
And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful.
New Century Version
On the mountain they saw Jesus and worshiped him, but some of them did not believe it was really Jesus.
Amplified Bible
And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted [that it was really He].
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful.
Legacy Standard Bible
And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.
Berean Standard Bible
When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted.
Contemporary English Version
They saw him and worshiped him, but some of them doubted.
Complete Jewish Bible
When they saw him, they prostrated themselves before him; but some hesitated.
Darby Translation
And when they saw him, they did homage to him: but some doubted.
Easy-to-Read Version
On the mountain the followers saw Jesus. They worshiped him. But some of the followers did not believe that it was really Jesus.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when they sawe him, they worshipped him: but some douted.
George Lamsa Translation
And when they saw him, they worshipped him; but some of them were doubtful.
Good News Translation
When they saw him, they worshiped him, even though some of them doubted.
Lexham English Bible
And when they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.
Literal Translation
And seeing Him, they worshiped Him. But they doubted.
American Standard Version
And when they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted.
Bible in Basic English
And when they saw him they gave him worship: but some were in doubt.
Hebrew Names Version
When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.
International Standard Version
When they saw him, they worshiped him, though some had doubts.
Etheridge Translation
And when they saw him, they worshipped him; but from them some had doubted.
Murdock Translation
And when they beheld him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when they sawe hym, they worshypped hym: But some doubted.
English Revised Version
And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
World English Bible
When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.
Weymouth's New Testament
There they saw Him and prostrated themselves before Him. Yet some doubted.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei sayn hym, and worschipiden; but summe of hem doutiden.
Update Bible Version
And when they saw him, they worshiped [him]; but some doubted.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when they saw him, they worshiped him: but some doubted.
New English Translation
When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.
New King James Version
When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.
New Living Translation
When they saw him, they worshiped him—but some of them doubted!
New Life Bible
When they saw Jesus, they worshiped Him. But some did not believe.
New Revised Standard
When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, seeing him, they worshipped, but, some, doubted.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And seeing him they adored: but some doubted.
Revised Standard Version
And when they saw him they worshiped him; but some doubted.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when they sawe hym they worshipped him. But some of them douted.
Young's Literal Translation
and having seen him, they bowed to him, but some did waver.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan they sawe him, they fell downe before him: but some of them douted.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
Simplified Cowboy Version
When they saw him, they took a knee before him and worshiped him, but even then, some of them had doubts.

Contextual Overview

16 Then the eleven disciples went into Galilee to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, tho' some had doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spake to them, saying, All power is given me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 20 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when: Matthew 16:28

worshipped: Matthew 28:9, Psalms 2:12, Psalms 45:11, John 5:23

but: 1 Corinthians 15:6

Reciprocal: Matthew 8:2 - worshipped Matthew 9:18 - worshipped Matthew 14:33 - worshipped Matthew 20:20 - worshipping Matthew 28:7 - he goeth Mark 16:7 - there Luke 24:52 - they John 9:38 - Lord

Cross-References

Matthew 17:6
And the disciples hearing it, fell on their face and were sore afraid.
Luke 2:9
And lo an angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid.
Luke 8:35
Then they went out to see what was done, and came to Jesus, and found the man out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
1 Timothy 3:15
But if I tarry, that thou mayst know how to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God.
Hebrews 10:21
that is, his flesh, And having an high-priest over the house of God;
1 Peter 4:17
For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: but if it begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
Revelation 1:17
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right-hand upon me, saying, Fear not, I am the First and the Last,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when, they saw him, they worshipped him,.... With divine adoration, as the eternal Son of God; for so he was now declared to be by his resurrection from the dead, Romans 1:4,

but some doubted; or "some of them", as the Syriac and Arabic versions render it; that is, some of the eleven disciples: not that they doubted now that Christ was risen from the dead; since he had appeared several times to them before this, and had given them all the proofs of the truth of his resurrection they could desire; but they, who worshipped him now in Galilee, had doubted before in Jerusalem; not only Thomas, but all of them: they looked upon the words of the women as idle tales; nor did the rest believe the two disciples, with whom Christ travelled to Emmaus: wherefore he upbraids them for their unbelief, Luke 24:11, or else the sense is, that some of them, though they believed Christ was risen from the dead, of which they had had the strongest assurance; yet they doubted whether what they then saw on the mountain was he, or whether it was not a spirit, or a mere phantom; and therefore, as in the next verse, he "came" nearer to them, when they knew him: or else this may be understood of some of the seventy disciples, or of the five hundred brethren, who saw him at this time, and at first had some doubts of his resurrection, but were afterwards fully satisfied.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They worshipped him - Paid him honour as the Messiah.

But some doubted - As, for example, Thomas, John 20:25. The disciples had not expected his resurrection; they were therefore slow to believe. The mention of their doubting shows that they were honest men that they were not easily imposed on that they had not previously agreed to affirm that he had risen - that they were convinced only by the strength of the evidence. Their caution in examining the evidence; their slowness to believe; their firm conviction after all their doubts; and their willingness to show their conviction even by their “death,” is most conclusive proof that they were “not” deceived in regard to the fact of his resurrection.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 28:17. But some doubted. — That is, Thomas only at first doubted. The expression simply intimates, that they did not all believe at that time. See the same form noticed on Matthew 26:8, and Matthew 27:44.


 
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