Verse Lens · Context pointer
Matthew 26:32 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 32. 32But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions
Role in This Section
Promises resurrection and a Galilean meeting ahead of them.
Read It With
- Matthew 26:31–26:35
Read Matthew 26:32 with 26:31–26:35. In isolation, this verse's contribution—promises resurrection and a Galilean meeting ahead of them—can be detached from its speaker, audience, narrative or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: Jesus cites the struck shepherd and scattered sheep, promises a Galilean meeting after resurrection, and answers Peter's exceptional confidence with a threefold denial prediction that all disciples resist.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Matthew 26:31–26:35 — Jesus predicts scattering and Peter's denialSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Matthew 26:31–26:35, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control without treating one edition as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file data/sblgnt/text/Matt.txt, Matthew 26:31–26:35
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