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Matthew 28:17

And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

KJV

καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν προσεκύνησαν, οἱ δὲ ἐδίστασαν.

Greek NT

Et videntes eum adoraverunt : quidam autem dubitaverunt.

Vulgate

And when they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted.

ASV

And seeing him they adored: but some doubted.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διστάζω
distazo
verb · 2×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
προσκυνέω
proskuneo
verb · 59×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: προσεκύνησαν | WH/Treg/NIV: προσεκύνησαν | RP: + αὐτῷ
  • προσεκύνησαν — SBLGNT
  • προσεκύνησαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + αὐτῷ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§644Even when faced with the reality of the risen Jesus the disciples are still doubtful, so impossible did the thing seem: they thought they were seeing a ghost. "In their joy they were still disbelieving and still wondering."506 Thomas will also experience the test of doubt and St. Matthew relates that during the risen Lord's last appearance in Galilee "some doubted."507 Therefor…
§645By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them in this way to recognize that he is not a ghost and above all to verify that the risen body in which he appears to them is the same body that had been tortured and crucified, for it still bears the traces of his Passion.508 Yet at the same time this authen…
§857The Church is apostolic because she is founded on the apostles, in three ways: - she was and remains built on "the foundation of the Apostles,"362 The witnesses chosen and sent on mission by Christ himself;363 - with the help of the Spirit dwelling in her, the Church keeps and hands on the teaching,364 The "good deposit," the salutary words she has heard from the apostles;365 -…
…and 1 more from this source.
1. Tomorrow ends the period of forty days which separate the moment of the resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ from his Ascension. This is also the moment of the Master's definitive separation from the Apostles and disciples. In such an important moment, Christ entrusts to them the mission that he himself received from the Father and began on earth: "As the Father has sent me…

Cross-references

  • John 5:23 — That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
  • Luke 24:52 — And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
  • Matt 8:2 — And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
  • Matt 14:33 — Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
  • Matt 16:28 — Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
  • Matt 28:9 — And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
  • Matt 28:9 — And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
  • Ps 2:12 — Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
  • Ps 45:11 — So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.