Misinterpretations often include denying the physical resurrection by claiming the encounter was a hallucination or spiritual vision induced by grief, yet the women's ability to hold Jesus' feet points to a tangible body; another error dismisses the women's testimony as unreliable due to first-century biases against female witnesses, ignoring Jesus' deliberate choice to appear to them first, affirming their validity and subverting cultural norms; some also overlook the worship as mere respect rather than divine homage, but the act of grasping his feet explicitly signifies recognition of his lordship post-resurrection.
Matthew 28:9
King James Version (1769)
9 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.
This passage reveals the reality of Jesus' resurrection through his personal appearance to the women as they hurried from the empty tomb, greeting them with 'All hail'—a joyful salutation meaning 'Rejoice' or 'Peace be with you'—and permitting them to clasp his feet in worship, which underscores his bodily presence, divine identity worthy of adoration, and initiative in reassuring his followers, thereby commissioning the women as the first evangelists to proclaim the risen Christ to the disciples.