Jesus Appears To His Disciples In Bodily Form And Reveals That He Has Been Crowned As Lord Of All. He Sends His Disciples Out To Proclaim The Good News To All Nations And To Call On Them To Observe All His Commandments (28:16-20).
Jesus now appears and reveals His new heavenly Kingship, and calls on His disciples to go out in His name in order to make disciples of people from all nations, giving them the assurance that He will go with them and be with them wherever they go, and however long it takes. Note the deliberate contrast with the previous passage. While the soldiers were declaring that the body had been stolen Jesus, in His transformed body, was appearing to His disciples.
a But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him. But some doubted (Matthew 28:16-17).
b And Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth” (Matthew 28:18).
c “Go you therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19).
b “Teaching them to observe all things whatever I commanded you” (Matthew 28:20 a).
a “And lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world (or ‘age')” (Matthew 28:20 b)
Note that in ‘a' they come to the mountain and see the risen Jesus, and in the parallel He promises that He will from now on continue to be with them as they go out and fulfil His command. In ‘b' they learn of His coronation in Heaven where He has been given all authority in Heaven and on earth, and in the parallel they are to teach men to observe all His commandments as King (first on earth and then in Heaven). Central in ‘c' is their great commission to go to all nations taking to them the triune God, and drenching them with the Holy Spirit in His Name.