Bumbling and Believing

Matthew 28:11-20

The leaders come across as sort of bumbling their way through all of this.  Perhaps it was a little more trouble for them than they initially thought.  How hard could it be to have someone killed?  But now that Jesus was dead, and laid in a tomb, it wasn't over.  The guards come back and relay the message of what happened at Jesus' resurrection. So, the leaders have to figure out what to do with all of this.  It must have been quite the headache. But the guards were duly paid off and assured, so life could go on.  Although I wonder if the leaders were looking over their shoulders, expecting Jesus to show up any moment and ruin everything.

At the end, when Jesus appears to His disciples, it says, "When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted."  Of course I know this, but it strikes me as I read it that some would doubt in that instance.  There He was, right in front of them, but still, that wasn't enough for some people.  For all of those who make excuses we they don't want to believe, I guess they are in good company, because even some of these disciples, seeing Jesus, still did not want to believe, or just couldn't get past whatever was keeping them from believing.  I suppose no amount of evidence will be enough for some people.