Matthew 28:9 is the ninth verse of the twenty-eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This verse is part of the resurrection narrative. Mary Magdalene and "the other Mary" are leaving the empty tomb of Jesus after encountering an angel, and in this verse they encounter the risen Jesus. Content The Textus Receptus reads ως δε επορευοντο απαγγειλαι τοις μαθηταις αυτου και ιδου ο ιησους απηντησεν αυταις λεγων χαιρετε αι δε προσελθουσαι εκρατησαν αυτου τους ποδας και προσεκυνησαν αυτω. The critical text adopted by Westcott and Hort omits ως δε επορευοντο απαγγειλαι τοις μαθηταις αυτου, reading: και ιδου ιησους υπηντησεν αυταις λεγων χαιρετε αι δε προσελθουσαι εκρατησαν αυτου τους ποδας και προσεκυνησαν αυτω In the King James Version of the Bible it is translated as: And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. The New International Version omits the words about the women telling the disciples, in line with the text omitted in Westcott and Hort's text above. The modern World English Bible translates the passage as: As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. Analysis At this verse Matthew diverges from Mark, and many scholars believe that the author of Matthew was not working from the ending of Mark 16 that exists in the current Bible. Mark and John do both have versions of this meeting between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. John Nolland believes that in this case Mark may be derived from Matthew, while John is independent. David Hill notes that the three verse section which begins here is a partial doublet for the conversation with the angel at Matthew 28:5-7. This appearance is excluded from Luke's account and also from Paul's list of Jesus' appearances in 1 Corinthians. France argues that the invalidity of female witnesses in this period could be the reason Luke and Paul left out this event. This is the only verse in the entire New Testament where Jesus meets someone: in other passages it is always someone else meeting Jesus. Nolland sees this as a distinct privilege for the women. The women then come to Jesus, as is the standard in the gospels, though later at Matthew 28:16 that pattern will also be broken