{{New Testament verse short description}} {{Bible chapter|letname= Matthew 28:17 |previouslink= Matthew 28:16 |previousletter= 28:16 |nextlink= Matthew 28:18 |nextletter= 28:18 |book=Gospel of Matthew |biblepart=New Testament | filename= The ideal Holy Bible self-pronouncing, self-interpreting, self-explanatory.. (1908) (14781699461).jpg |size=240px | caption=<div style="width: 240px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em">''Risen Jesus and the disciples''. The ideal Holy Bible self-pronouncing, self-interpreting, self-explanatory. 1908</div>}} '''Matthew 28:17''' is the seventeenth verse of the twenty-eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This verse is part of the resurrection narrative, recording a meeting of the risen Jesus with the disciples.
==Content== The original Koine Greek, according to Westcott and Hort/[NA27 and UBS4 variants], reads:<ref>[https://biblehub.com/text/matthew/28-17.htm Greek Text Analysis: Matthew 28:17]. Biblehub</ref> :17: καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν προσεκύνησαν, οἱ δὲ ἐδίστασαν.
In the King James Version of the Bible it is translated as: :17: And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
The modern World English Bible translates the passage as: :17: When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.{{efn|For a collection of other versions see [http://biblehub.com/matthew/28-17.htm BibleHub: Matthew 28:17]}}
==Analysis== The verse states briefly that "they saw him", then "they worshipped him", concluded by a puzzling phrase "but some doubted" (''hoi de edistasan'').<ref name=phillips>{{cite book |last= Phillips |first= John | title= Exploring the Gospel of Matthew: An Expository Commentary| volume= 1 |series= The John Phillips Commentary Series | edition=reprint |publisher= Kregel Academic| date= 2005 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=q38MnaH8Oj4C |isbn= 9780825433924 |page = 546}}</ref> The Greek root word for "doubted" is ''distazō'', which is only used here and in {{bibleverse|Matthew|14:31|KJV}} when Jesus rebuked Simon Peter for having "doubt" after he lost his confidence during his walk on the water toward Jesus.<ref name=phillips/> The "doubt" here does not denote intellectual disbelief ("refuse to believe"), but "hesitation".<ref>{{cite book|last= Carson| first= D. A. |title= Matthew |series =The Expositor's Bible Commentary| others= Contributors: Tremper Longman III, David E. Garland |edition = revised| publisher= Zondervan Academic | date= 2017 |isbn=9780310531982 |location= 1. Jesus in Galilee (28:16–17)}}</ref> R. T. France notes that "hesitation" is linked with "worship" both in this verse and in chapter 14 ("hesitation" in {{bibleverse|Matthew|14:31|KJV}}; "worship" in {{bibleverse|Matthew|14:33|KJV}}).{{sfn|France|2007|p=1111}}
The Greek word translated as "worshipped" comes from the verb ''{{Strong-number|proskuneó|G|4352}}'', indicating 'the homage and prostration before a king'.<ref name=cambridgebible>Carr, A. (1893), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges: [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/matthew/28.htm Matthew 28], accessed 28 April 2019.</ref> It occurs twelve times in the Gospel of Matthew, whereas it is found only twice each in the Gospel of Mark and in the Gospel of Luke.<ref name=cambridgebible/>
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==Sources== * {{cite book| last=France | first= R.T.|title=The Gospel of Matthew |series= New international commentary on the New Testament |editor-first= Frederick Fyvie |editor-last= Bruce |publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing| date= 2007 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0ruP6J_XPCEC | isbn= 9780802825018 }}
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