Discovery BoxMatthew 28:13 
Context28:13 telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole his body 1 while we were asleep.’
Matthew 28:15-16
Context28:15 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.
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 0148vid Ë1,13 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.
