Passage
And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
Matthew 28:18 (LSB)
Nearby Context
Matthew 28:16 But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated.
Matthew 28:17 And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.
Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
Matthew 28:20 teaching them to keep all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "jesus", "came", "spoke", "saying", "authority", "been", "given", and "heaven". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "came", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 17's "And when they saw Him they worshiped..." into verse 19's "Go therefore and make disciples of all...", so "jesus" and "came" 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 "came" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.