Matthew 28:10 (LSB)

Passage

Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and report to My brothers to leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

Nearby Context

Matthew 28:8 And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples.

Matthew 28:9 And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him.

Matthew 28:10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and report to My brothers to leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

Matthew 28:11 Now while they were on their way, behold, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.

Matthew 28:12 And when they had assembled with the elders and took counsel together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "said", "afraid", "report", "brothers", "leave", and "galilee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And behold Jesus met them and said..." into verse 11's "Now while they were on their way...", so "jesus" and "said" 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 "jesus" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.