Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid. What dear associations would these familiar words-now uttered in a higher style, but by the same Lips-bring rushing back to their recollection!
Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. The brethren here meant must have been His brethren after the flesh (Matthew 13:55); because His brethren in the higher sense (see the note at John 20:17) had several meetings with Him at Jerusalem before he went to Galilee, which they would have missed if they had been the persons ordered to Galilee to meet Him.
The whole of this important portion is special to Matthew.