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# Matthew 28

Matthew 28 is chapter 28 of 28 in the Gospel of Matthew. Here are all 20 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The resurrection of Christ. His commission to his disciples.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Matthew 28 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Now on the morning of the Sabbath, when it began to grow light on the first Sabbath, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulcher.
2. And behold, a great earthquake occurred. For an Angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and as he approached, he rolled back the stone and sat down on it.
3. Now his appearance was like lightning, and his vestment was like snow.
4. Then, out of fear of him, the guards were terrified, and they became like dead men.
5. Then the Angel responded by saying to the women: “Do not be afraid. For I know that you are seeking Jesus, who was crucified.
6. He is not here. For he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where the Lord was placed.
7. And then, go quickly, and tell his disciples that he has risen. And behold, he will precede you to Galilee. There you shall see him. Lo, I have told you beforehand.”
8. And they went out of the tomb quickly, with fear and in great joy, running to announce it to his disciples.
9. And behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Hail.” But they drew near and took hold of his feet, and they adored him.
10. Then Jesus said to them: “Do not be afraid. Go, announce it to my brothers, so that they may go to Galilee. There they shall see me.”
11. And when they had departed, behold, some of the guards went into the city, and they reported to the leaders of the priests all that had happened.
12. And gathering together with the elders, having taken counsel, they gave an abundant sum of money to the soldiers,
13. saying: “Say that his disciples arrived at night and stole him away, while we were sleeping.
14. And if the procurator hears about this, we will persuade him, and we will protect you.”
15. Then, having accepted the money, they did as they were instructed. And this word has been spread among the Jews, even to this day.
16. Now the eleven disciples went on to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
17. And, seeing him, they worshipped him, but certain ones doubted.
18. And Jesus, drawing near, spoke to them, saying: “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
19. Therefore, go forth and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20. teaching them to observe all that I have ever commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, even to the consummation of the age.”

## Matthew 28 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Vespere autem sabbati, quæ lucescit in prima sabbati, venit Maria Magdalene, et altera Maria, videre sepulchrum.
2. Et ecce terræmotus factus est magnus. Angelus enim Domini descendit de cælo: et accedens revolvit lapidem, et sedebat super eum:
3. erat autem aspectus ejus sicut fulgur: et vestimentum ejus sicut nix.
4. Præ timore autem ejus exterriti sunt custodes, et facti sunt velut mortui.
5. Respondens autem angelus dixit mulieribus: Nolite timere vos: scio enim, quod Jesum, qui crucifixus est, quæritis.
6. Non est hic: surrexit enim, sicut dixit: venite, et videte locum ubi positus erat Dominus.
7. Et cito euntes, dicite discipulis ejus quia surrexit: et ecce præcedit vos in Galilæam: ibi eum videbitis: ecce prædixi vobis.
8. Et exierunt cito de monumento cum timore et gaudio magno, currentes nuntiare discipulis ejus.
9. Et ecce Jesus occurrit illis, dicens: Avete. Illæ autem accesserunt, et tenuerunt pedes ejus, et adoraverunt eum.
10. Tunc ait illis Jesus: Nolite timere: ite, nuntiate fratribus meis ut eant in Galilæam; ibi me videbunt.
11. Quæ cum abiissent, ecce quidam de custodibus venerunt in civitatem, et nuntiaverunt principibus sacerdotum omnia quæ facta fuerant.
12. Et congregati cum senioribus consilio accepto, pecuniam copiosam dederunt militibus,
13. dicentes: Dicite quia discipuli ejus nocte venerunt, et furati sunt eum, nobis dormientibus.
14. Et si hoc auditum fuerit a præside, nos suadebimus ei, et securos vos faciemus.
15. At illi, accepta pecunia, fecerunt sicut erant edocti. Et divulgatum est verbum istud apud Judæos, usque in hodiernum diem.
16. Undecim autem discipuli abierunt in Galilæam in montem ubi constituerat illis Jesus.
17. Et videntes eum adoraverunt: quidam autem dubitaverunt.
18. Et accedens Jesus locutus est eis, dicens: Data est mihi omnis potestas in cælo et in terra:
19. euntes ergo docete omnes gentes: baptizantes eos in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti:
20. docentes eos servare omnia quæcumque mandavi vobis: et ecce ego vobiscum sum omnibus diebus, usque ad consummationem sæculi.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 500: "Conceived By the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2174: The Lord's Day ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 652: On the Third Day He Rose From the Dead ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 641: On the Third Day He Rose From the Dead ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 645: On the Third Day He Rose From the Dead ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 654: On the Third Day He Rose From the Dead ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 640: On the Third Day He Rose From the Dead ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1444: The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 857: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 644: On the Third Day He Rose From the Dead ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1120: The Sacraments of the Church ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2: The life of man - to know and love God ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 189: I. the Creeds ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 232: The Father ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 543: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 849: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1122: The Sacraments of Faith ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1223: Baptism in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2156: The Christian Name ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 75: The Apostolic Tradition ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 691: The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 730: The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 767: The Church in God's Plan ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 831: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1257: The Necessity of Baptism ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 80: The Relationship Between Tradition and Sacred Scripture ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 788: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 860: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2743: Perservering in Love ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Christ is risen, and life reigns! Christ is risen, and not one dead remains in the grave!” — St. John Chrysostom, Paschal Homily, c. 400 (On this theme: verse 6)
- “Go, set the world on fire.” — St. Ignatius of Loyola, popular saying, source unconfirmed (Attributed: verse 19)
- “I have not stopped since the day I arrived. I conscientiously made the rounds of the villages. I bathed in the sacred waters all the children who had not yet been baptized.” — St. Francis Xavier, Letter from India, 1544 (On this theme: verse 19)
- “Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest after the sacraments, the one dearest to God and the one most helpful to us.” — St. Alphonsus Liguori, Visits to the Blessed Sacrament, 1745 (On this theme: verse 20)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 18: See here the warrant and commission of the apostles and their successors, the bishops and pastors of Christ's church. He received from his Father all power in heaven and in earth: and in virtue of this power, he sends them (even as his Father sent him, St. John 20. 21) to teach and disciple, not one, but all nations; and instruct them in all truths: and that he may assist them effectually in the execution of this commission, he promises to be with them, not for three or four hundred years only, but all days, even to the consummation of the world. How then could the Catholic Church ever go astray; having always with her pastors, as is here promised, Christ himself, who is the way, the truth, and the life. St. John 14.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Mon, Mar 29, 2027: Monday in the Octave of Easter — Gospel, Matthew 28:8-15
- Sun, May 23, 2027: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity — Gospel, Matthew 28:16-20
- Mon, Apr 17, 2028 (computed): Monday within the Octave of Easter — Gospel, Matthew 28:8-15
- Sun, May 28, 2028 (computed): Seventh Sunday of Easter — Ascension — Alleluia, Matthew 28:19a and 20b

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).