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[a](A)And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them. They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage.

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Footnotes

  1. 28:9–10 Although these verses are peculiar to Matthew, there are similarities between them and John’s account of the appearance of Jesus to Mary Magdalene (Jn 20:17). In both there is a touching of Jesus’ body, and a command of Jesus to bear a message to his disciples, designated as his brothers. Matthew may have drawn upon a tradition that appears in a different form in John. Jesus’ words to the women are mainly a repetition of those of the angel (Mt 28:5a, 7b).

Suddenly Jesus met them.(A) “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him.

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And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

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