Matthew 28:14 (DBY)

Passage

And if this should come to the hearing of the governor, *we* will persuade him, and save *you* from all anxiety.

Nearby Context

Matthew 28:12 And having assembled with the elders, and having taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

Matthew 28:13 saying, Say that his disciples coming by night stole him [while] we [were] sleeping.

Matthew 28:14 And if this should come to the hearing of the governor, *we* will persuade him, and save *you* from all anxiety.

Matthew 28:15 And they took the money and did as they had been taught. And this report is current among the Jews until this day.

Matthew 28:16 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee to the mountain which Jesus had appointed them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "should", "come", "hearing", "governor", "persuade", "save", and "anxiety". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "should" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "saying Say that his disciples coming by..." into verse 15's "And they took the money and did...", so "should" and "come" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "should" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.