Bible Strands
Matthew 26:32
But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the eleven disciples in the upper room immediately after forecasting their desertion and citing the shepherd-and-sheep prophecy. He delivers this statement in direct response to Peter’s declaration of personal steadfastness.
The words — προάξω (proaxō) literally translates to "I will go before," denoting movement ahead of the group. It follows ἐγερθῆναί (egerthēnai), the aorist passive infinitive meaning "to be raised," which anchors the promise to a post-resurrection event.
The thread — The designated Galilee meeting reappears in Matthew 28:10 and Matthew 28:16, where the eleven travel to the appointed mountain. Luke 18:33 provides the underlying three-day resurrection timeline that makes this future rendezvous possible.
Why it lands — The text declares a physical rising followed by a specific geographical gathering, directly contrasting the predicted scattering. It requires the reader to abandon self-reliant vows and follow the stated destination rather than trust in personal resolve.
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The Greek words
King James Version
But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
Cross-references
- Matthew 28:10 “Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”
- Matthew 28:16 Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.
- Luke 18:33 They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”
- Matthew 20:19 and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
- Matthew 16:21 From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
- Matthew 27:63 “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- Mark 14:28 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
- Mark 16:7 But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’”
- Matthew 28:6 He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.
- Mark 9:9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.