Matthew 28:14 (GNV)

Passage

And if this matter come before the gouernour to be heard, we will perswade him, and so vse the matter that you shall not neede to care.

Nearby Context

Matthew 28:12 And they gathered them together with the Elders, and tooke counsell, and gaue large money vnto the souldiers,

Matthew 28:13 Saying, Say, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

Matthew 28:14 And if this matter come before the gouernour to be heard, we will perswade him, and so vse the matter that you shall not neede to care.

Matthew 28:15 So they tooke the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is noysed among the Iewes vnto this day.

Matthew 28:16 Then ye eleuen disciples wet into Galile, into a mountaine, where Iesus had appointed the.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "matter", "come", "before", "gouernour", "heard", "perswade", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "matter" 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 His disciples came by night..." into verse 15's "So they tooke the money and did...", so "matter" 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 "matter" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.