[Matthew 28]

 

             {Mar 16:1-8 & Mat 28:1-8 & Luk 24:1-8, 12 & Joh 20:1-10 Dawn and very early Sun.}

             ^28:1 Now after the Sabbath {or: week}, to the dawning toward the first daylight of the week, Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary came to view the burial chamber. ^28:2 And behold, a great earthquake happened; for^* a messenger of the Lord descended out-of heaven, who came near and rolled away the stone from the door and was sitting upon it. ^28:3 His form was like lightning and his clothing was white like snow; ^28:4 and the ones guarding the door, were shaken from the fear of him and became like dead men.

             ^28:5 Now the messenger answered and said to the women, Do^° not be afraid; for^* I know that you^° are seeking Jesus, who has been crucified. ^28:6 He is not here; for^* he was raised, just-as he said. Come-here^°, behold^° the place where the Lord was laying. ^28:7 And traveling quickly, say^° to his disciples, He was raised from the dead, and behold, he is preceding you^° into Galilee; you^° will be seeing him there. Behold, I have said this to you^°.

             ^28:8 And they went forth quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy and ran to report to his disciples.

             {Mar 16:9-11 & Mat 28:9-10 & Luk 24:9-11 & Joh 20:11-18.}

             ^28:9 Now as they were traveling to also report it to his disciples, behold, Jesus encountered them, saying, Rejoice^°! But they came and took-hold of his feet and worshiped him. ^28:10 Then Jesus says to them, Do^° not be afraid. Proceed-away^°; report^° to my brethren in-order-that they might go into Galilee and they will be seeing me there.

 

             {Mat 28:11-15 Sun. Morning; no parallel.}

             ^28:11 Now while they are traveling, behold, some of the sentry came into the city and reported to the high-priests all the things which had happened. ^28:12 And they gathered together with the elders and took council and, they gave a considerable amount of silver to the soldiers, ^28:13 saying, Say^°: the disciples stole him from us, after they came from the night while being fallen-asleep {i.e., while sleeping}. ^28:14 And if this thing is heard of over at the governor, we will be persuading him and will be making^* you^° carefree. ^28:15 They took the silver and they did^* like they were taught and this speech was broadcasted with the Jews and is continuing till this day.

 

             {Mat 28:16-17 & 1Co 15:6 Mountain in Galilee.}

             ^28:16 But the eleven disciples traveled into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed to them. ^28:17 And they saw him and worshiped him, but they were skeptical.

 

             {Mar 16:15-18 & Mat 28:18-20 & Luk 24:46-47 Mountain in Galilee; The Great Commission.}

             ^28:18 And Jesus came near and spoke to them, saying, All authority was given to me in heaven and upon earth.

             ^28:19 While traveling, make^° disciples of all the nations, immersing^* them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ^28:20 teaching them to observe all things, as many things as I commanded you^°, and behold, I am with you^° all the days until the end of the world.

             Amen.

 

             {NOTES: Please read the Preface and other non-bible sections. * is our universal footnoting for words contained in the ‘Definitions’ section. These words are NOT the same Greek word as the non-asterisk form; i.e., *FOR is different from FOR* is different from FOR. ^° (degree sign) denotes plural forms.}

 

 

{{ Introduction to Mark 45-52 AD.

 

            The book of Mark, better titled as ‘The Good-news According to Mark,’ was written for a Roman audience. The author of the book does not identify himself, but the early Christian congregations attributed the authorship to John Mark. The tradition is Mark was possibly Peter’s son or ‘spiritual’ son. It is fast paced and should have been the first book of the New Testament. With this in mind, many feel this gospel was written primarily to the Romans who were very industrious and proud of their achievements. Jesus’ heroic service to others and His willingness to die for others would attract Roman attention too. The Romans were not interested in lots of extra details, nor were they too concerned about prophecies contained in Jewish writings from hundreds of years earlier (Mark only quotes three Old Testament prophecies). Mark even skips over many instances of special Jewish interest and explains Jewish customs and language for non-Jewish readers (5:41; 7:34; 15:34). Mark gives us one of the three reasons for Jesus’ death: a ransom for many (Mk 10:45); For the forgiveness of sins (Matthew 26:28); for the sheep (Jn 10:11. Isaiah 52:13-53:12 is the very relevant background for this Good-news book.

            The events in Mark are held by scholars to be in chronological order. Starting from His immersion (baptism) Mark portrays Jesus as a Man constantly on the move for God, with the word ‘immediately’ appearing 42 times in this book, the shortest of the Good-news accounts. Percentage-wise, Mark spends more time dealing with the final week of Jesus’ life than any of the other Good-news writers. The final instructions given by Jesus after His resurrection, in this biography, are to ‘preach^° the good-news to all creation. ‘While traveling into all the world, preach^° the good-news to all creation. After believing and having been immersed^*, he will be saved, but he who has disbelieved will be condemned.’ (Mark 16:15-16). }}