Matthew 28:13

28:13 telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole his body ¹  while we were asleep.’

Matthew 28:15-16

28:15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day. ² 

The Great Commission

28:16 So ³  the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain Jesus had designated.

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¹ tn Grk “him.”

² tc ‡ The word ἡμέρας (Jhmeras, “day”) is found after σήμερον (shmeron, “today, this [day]”) in some early and important witnesses (B D L Θ lat), but may be a clarifying (or perhaps redundant) note. The shorter reading (found in א A W 0148^vid Ë^1,13 33 Ï) is thus preferred. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating reservations about its authenticity.

³ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ instructions in v. 10.