14:33). This confession of Jesus’ identity makes the response of the disciples distinctive here and indicates the appropriateness of translating the verb ‘worshipped’. The later response of the women to an appearance of the risen Christ (28:9) and the response of the eleven disciples when they met him on the mountain (28:17)50 is the same expression of grateful and reverent homage found in 14:33. The final encounter with the resurrected Christ involves an unmistakable declaration of divine kingship
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