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16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. (Matt 28:16-17) We looked at this passage together because Pastor Ling preached on this earlier this week. We asked if it was legitimate to be entrusted with the Great Commission (Matt 28;18-20) even though we doubt. So I asked: 1) Who is it who is doubting? 2) What are they doubting? before we ask that question. The doubt some had is contrasted to the worship of others. Here, the doubt is with respect to the resurrection and triumph of Christ leading to worship of Him as divine. It appears that vs. 16 indicates that only the 11 disciples were referred to here in this verse. The parallel passage in Mk 16:14-19 suggests that this was the case, and yet the context in Mark 16 is different (at table and not on mountain) as well as the disputed authenticity of the later half of Mark 16 weaken this support. If indeed only t...