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Matthew 28:16-20

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bullet Reading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bullet The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
bullet The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition & sermons.
bullet Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bulletThe Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
bulletComparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit:
bullet"The Victor,"
bullet"The Living Presence" 
bullet"Witness" 
bulletComparative texts about Baptism: Water & Spirit from DSS, Josephus, Babylonian Talmud. At (Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts.
bullet "Revealed to Disciples," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C. Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation.
bullet Chapter IX, The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians, Ignatius of Antioch (c. 50 - 115). (Longer Version only - 4th cent interpolation)
bullet LV.1-2, 4, 6-7; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
bullet III.XVII.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
bullet Chapter V, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)
bullet Chapter XIII, On Baptism Tertullian (c. 198)
bullet Chapter VIII, Chapter XX, The Prescription of Heretics, Tertullian (c. 200)
bullet Chapter X, Considering Repentance Tertullian (c. 203)
bullet IV.43, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
bullet X.7, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen], Origen. (c.230)
bullet II.IX, V.XII, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
bullet X.18, XII.6, XII.34, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
bullet Epistle XXIV -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 250)
bullet Epistle LXII -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 253)
bullet Epistle LXXII -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 256)
bullet Epistle LXXX -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 257)
bullet III.5, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea (c 320).
bulletFrom the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"Forever: and this refers to the manner of the presence of his Spirit, by means of which he makes us partakers both of himself and of all his benefits, even though he is absent from us in body."
bullet Section VIII, Evidences of the Christian Religion, Joseph Addison, c. 1715.
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"The God of Israel, the Saviour, is sometimes a God that hideth himself, but never a God at a distance."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes.
bullet"And these were to be determined by the circumstances of things; which made it necessary in baptizing adult Jews or heathens, to teach them before they were baptized; in discipling their children, to baptize them before they were taught; as the Jewish children in all ages were first circumcised, and after taught to do all God had commanded them."
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"...am with you alway--"all the days"; that is, till making converts, baptizing, and building them up by Christian instruction, shall be no more."
bulletFrom The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
bullet"They are to make disciples, or pupils, and scholars of Christ; not great philosophers, but 'babes in Christ Jesus,' who have entered the school of Christ and are to be taught afterwards."
bullet Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
bullet Commentary, Matthew 28:16-20, Richard Beaton, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet First Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages from the Lectionary, Trinity A. William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet"This is such an important text in the context of Matthew's gospel that there is a danger that its use on Trinity Sunday will lead to too much focus on its tenuous links with the Trinity, so I want to start with the passage itself. It has enormous significance as the climax of the gospel, drawing together major themes of the gospel..."
bullet Lectionary Commentary, Matthew 28:16-20, Valerie Kuykendall-Rogers, The African American Lectionary, 2009.
bullet"As I matured and grew, and as I studied the historical significance of the black Church in seminary, I learned what Missionary Sunday entailed—edifying, equipping, and empowering a community to emulate the work of Christ in order to provide a refuge from the daily onslaught of denigration and degradation."
bullet Dylan's Lectionary Blog, Trinity, 2005. Biblical Scholar Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary of the Episcopal Church.
bullet"We're called not just to baptize. We're not called to make churchgoers, people who include religion as one among many respectable civic activities. We're called to make disciples, people who really follow Jesus as Lord."
bullet Exegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
bullet"Can we actually 'waste' a whole day for Sabbath rest and worship? Set aside a whole day for God and each other? What gods are we worshiping when we are unable to 'remember a whole Sabbath day to keep it holy'?"
bullet "Missionary Matthew: Matthew 28:16-20 as a Summary of the Gospel," Edgar Krentz, Currents in Theology and Mission, 2004.
bullet"In perfect harmony with the presentation of Jesus in all the preceding pages, Matthew has chosen to close his gospel not with a visual or pictorial representation of Jesus' assumption of power, not with sharing bread or touching his body, but with a deceptively simple scene featuring the words of Jesus, the church's one teacher and master."
bullet Matthew in the Margins, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
bullet "The End in Matthew (5:48 and 28:20): How to Preach It and How Not To," Robert H. Smith, Word & World: Theology for Christian Ministry, Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1999.
bullet"These two great texts are perfect guides for all our reading, all our preaching, all our living."
bullet "The Presence and Power of God," Trinity B, Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
bullet"What concepts do you find easy to understand but difficult to communicate?"
bullet "The End of the First Gospel," F.F. Bruce, The Evangelical Quarterly, 1940.
bullet "The Call to Universal Mission (Matthew 28:16-20)," John C. Purdy. Chapter 11 in Returning God's Call: The Challenge of Christian Living. At Religion Online.
bullet "The aim or end is to "make disciples of all nations." The words that dominate the climactic scene in Matthew are cosmic rather than geographical: "All authority in heaven and on earth...all nations . . . all that I have commanded you" (emphasis added). Christ is the universal sovereign: All nations belong to him; all persons are his; all life is to be brought into subjection to him."
bullet "All Authority Belongs to Jesus," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet "Great Commission," wikipedia.
bullet "Transformed on the Mountain: Ritual Analysis and the Gospel of Matthew," by K.C. Hanson, St Olaf College. From Semeia 67 (1994).
bullet"...the transformations are not solely experiences of Jesus in his earthly ministry, but are meant to be replicable experiences within the community on the path of discipleship."
bullet "Recognizing the Risen Lord," Marianne Sawicki, Theology Today, 1988.
bullet"Action on behalf of the needy is not an implication of resurrection faith, but a precondition for it. Talk about resurrection is literally meaningless in the absence of such action. This raises the serious question of what it takes to speak correctly today about resurrection, to mean what the tradition has meant by the term."
bullet "How to Be a Disciple," Dallas Willard. Adapted from The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering our Hidden Life in God. Reprinted in The Christian Century, 1998. At Religion OnLine.
bullet"...it could well prove to be a major turning point in our life if we would ... ask ourselves if we really do intend to be life students of Jesus. Do we really intend to do and be all of the high things we profess to believe in? Have we decided to do them? When did we decide it? And how did we implement that decision?" 
bullet "Discipleship as a Craft, Church as a Disciplined Community," Stanley Hauerwas. Reprinted from The Christian Century, 1991 in Religion Online.
bullet"Christianity is not beliefs about God plus behavior. We are Christians not because of what we believe, but because we have been called to be disciples of Jesus. To become a disciple is not a matter of a new or changed self-understanding, but rather to become part of a different community with a different set of practices."
bullet "Rethinking the Great Commission," Mortimer Arias, Iliff School of Theology, Theology Today, 1991.
bullet"It is to our churches, and to us as we are, that the Great Commission is entrusted today. It is up to us to receive it and be faithful to it. We count with the promise of the last mandate: "I am with you always, to the end of the age.""
bullet "Conversion Factors," Frederica Mathewes-Green, BeliefNet.
bullet"It's OK to proselytize, but there are times when it's kinder to refrain."
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletArias, Mortimer, "Rethinking the Great Commission," Theology Today, 1991.
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bulletBibb, Wade, "Preaching in Ordinary Time: The Extraordinary Subject of Jesus' Realm," Review & Expositor, 2007. (Section on this text begins on p. 301.)
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bulletBrooks, Oscar S., Sr., "Matthew 28:16-20 and the Design of the First Gospel," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1981.
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bulletBrown, Raymond E., "The Resurrection in Matthew," Worship, 1990.
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bulletCampbell, Cynthia M., "Matthew 28:16-20: Expository Essay," Interpretation, 1992.
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bulletCarter, Warren, "Matthew and the Gentiles: Individual Conversion and/or Systemic Transformation?" Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2004.
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bulletDay, Dan, "A Fresh Reading of Jesus' Last Words: Matthew 28:16-20," Review & Expositor, 2007.
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bulletFinley, Stephen C., "Homoeroticism and the African-American Heterosexual Male: Quest for Meaning in the Black Church," Black Theology, 2008.
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bulletHanson, K.C., "Transformed on the Mountain: Ritual Analysis and the Gospel of Matthew," Semeia, 1994.
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bulletHeil, John Paul, "The Narrative Structure of Matthew 27:55 - 28:20," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1991.
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bulletHerrero, Francisco Pérez, "Mission Following the Missionary Mandate of the Risen Christ," International Review of Mission, 2006.
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bulletHiebert D. Edmond, "An Expository Study of Matthew 28:16-20," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1992.
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bulletKingsbury, Jack Dean, "The Composition and Christology of Matthew 28:16-20," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1974.
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bulletKrentz, Edgar, "'Make Disciples' -- Matthew on Evangelism," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2006.
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bulletKrentz, Edgar, "Missionary Matthew: Matthew 28:16-20 as Summary of the Gospel," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2004.
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bulletLevine, Amy-Jill, "'To All the Gentiles': A Jewish Perspective on the Great Commission," Review & Expositor, 2006.
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bulletMeier, John P., "Nations or Gentiles in Matthew 28:19?" The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1977.
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bulletMeier, John P., "Two Disputed Questions in Matthew 28:16-20," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1977.
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bulletSamra, James G., "A Biblical View of Discipleship," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2003.
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bulletSawicki, Marianne, "Recognizing the Risen Lord," Theology Today, 1988.
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bulletSchnabel, Eckhard J., "Israel, the People of God, and the Nations," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2002.
 
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bulletSenior, Donald, C.P., "Between Two Worlds: Gentile and Jewish Christians in Matthew's Gospel," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1999.
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bulletSharma, Arvind, "Christian Proselytization: A Hindu Perspective," Missiology, 2005.
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bulletSheeley, Steven, "The Exercise of Jesus' Royal Power: Lent through Trinity Sunday," Review & Expositor, 2007.
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bulletShore, Mary Hinkle, "Preaching Mission: Call and Promise in Matthew 28:16-20," Word & World, 2006. (See also entire issue of Word & World, 26.3, 2006, issue focus Mission in the Congregation.)
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bulletSmith, Robert H., "The End in Matthew (5:48 and 28:20): How to Preach It and How Not To," Word & World, 1999.
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bulletSparks, Kenton L., "Gospel as Conquest: Mosaic Typology in Matthew 28:16-20," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2006.
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bulletThomas, Linda E., "Anthropology, Mission and the African Woman: A Womanist Approach," Black Theology, 2008.
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bulletThomas, Robert L., "Historical Criticism and the Great Commission," Master's Seminary Journal, 2000.
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bulletUlrich, Daniel W., "The Missional Audience of the Gospel of Matthew," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2007.
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bulletWillard, Dallas, "How to Be a Disciple," The Christian Century, 1998.
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bulletWright, David F., "The Baptismal Community," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2003.
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bulletReviews:
bulletSermons:
bullet "Turning the Great Commission on Its Ear," the Rev. Dr. Rob Nash, Day 1, 2008.
bullet "Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah...Love," the Rev. Dr. James B. Lemler, Day 1, 2008.
bullet Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors:
bullet "Three Ways to Get Your Name on the Church Calendar," A Sermon for a Church Anniversary, David Zersen, 2007.
bullet "What's in a Name?" Trinity Sunday - 22 May 2005, Hubert Beck.
bullet "The Trinity," "Go, go, go, go, go," Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
bullet "What Was Jesus Thinking?" Richard Carlson, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, 2003.
bullet "The Great Comfort," John Jewell, 1999.
bullet "Farewell," John Jewell, 2003.
bullet "It's Not Over," the Rev. Robina Marie Winbush, Day 1, 2002.
bulletFather Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily
bullet Trinity, 2008
bullet Trinity, 2003
bullet Trinity, 2000
bulletWith Children:
bullet "The Great Commission," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
bullet "Delivering the Invitation," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
bullet "Buried in Baptism," and "Baptism Props," Rev. Dr. Edgar Mayer, Lutheran Church of Australia.
bullet "Jesus Tells the Disciples What To Do," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
bullet Matthew 28:20, memory verse activity, MSSS Crafts and Resources for Bible Stories.
bulletDrama:
bullet "The Three Little Missionaries," John McNeil, dramatix.
bullet "Mission Possible," John McNeil, dramatix.
bullet"Green's Call," dramatix.
bullet "Send Me Away," Joanne Miller, dramatix.
bullet "Father, Forgive Us," Sandy Erb, dramatix.
bullet "Mixed Up Mission," Eric Fisher, dramatix.
bullet "High above the Clouds," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
bulletGraphics & Bulletin Materials:
bullet Matthew 28:16-20, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
bullet Matthew 28:16-20, at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
bullet Clip Art, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
bullet Farthest Reaches, Go Ye Into All the World, Beach Factor, I Never Knew You, Tough Cell, Wet Theory, Reverend Fun Cartoon, gospelcom.net. Check for printing permissions at right-hand side of destination page.
bulletHymns and Music:
bullet Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
bullet Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Matthew 28:18, 19, 20. The Cyber Hymnal.
bullet Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
bullet "Your Fingerprint," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
bulletAt Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
bullet I've Found a Friend
bulletFine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
bulletMovies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
bulletThe above links are for the study of specifically Matthew's resurrection account. See also Study Links and Resources for the general Accounts of Jesus' Resurrection
bulletLiterary References Online:
bullet"Ascension," from La Corona by John Donne (1572-1631).
bulletStudy Links and Resources for the Book of Matthew