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Matthew 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.

KJV

καὶ ἰδοὺ Ἰησοῦς ὑπήντησεν αὐταῖς λέγων· χαίρετε. αἱ δὲ προσελθοῦσαι ἐκράτησαν αὐτοῦ τοὺς πόδας καὶ προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ.

Greek NT

Et ecce Jesus occurrit illis, dicens : Avete. Illæ autem accesserunt, et tenuerunt pedes ejus, et adoraverunt eum.

Vulgate

And behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.

ASV

And behold, Jesus met them, saying: All hail. But they came up and took hold of his feet and adored him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρατέω
krateo
verb · 47×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πούς
pous
noun · 91×
προσέρχομαι
proserchomai
verb · 87×
προσκυνέω
proskuneo
verb · 59×
χαίρω
chairo
verb · 74×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὑπαντάω
upantao
verb · 11×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ | RP: Ὡς δὲ ἐπορεύοντο ἀπαγγεῖλαι τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ
  • καὶ — SBLGNT
  • καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Ὡς δὲ ἐπορεύοντο ἀπαγγεῖλαι τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἰδοὺ | WH/NIV/RP: ἰδοὺ | Treg: + ὁ
  • ἰδοὺ — SBLGNT
  • ἰδοὺ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • + ὁ — Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὑπήντησεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ὑπήντησεν | RP: ἀπήντησεν
  • ὑπήντησεν — SBLGNT
  • ὑπήντησεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀπήντησεν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§641Mary Magdalene and the holy women who came to finish anointing the body of Jesus, which had been buried in haste because the Sabbath began on the evening of Good Friday, were the first to encounter the Risen One.497 Thus the women were the first messengers of Christ's Resurrection for the apostles themselves.498 They were the next to whom Jesus appears: first Peter, then the Tw…
§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…

Cross-references

  • Acts 1:3 — To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
  • John 9:38 — And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
  • John 12:3 — Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
  • John 20:14 — And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
  • John 20:14 — And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
  • John 20:17 — Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
  • John 20:28 — And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.
  • Luke 1:28 — And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
  • Luke 7:38 — And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
  • Luke 24:52 — And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
  • Luke 24:52 — And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
  • Mark 16:9 — Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
  • 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 14:33 — Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
  • Matt 28:17 — And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
  • Matt 28:17 — And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
  • Rev 3:9 — Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
  • Rev 5:11 — And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;