In one of his recent vids scholar ** you do not have permission to see this link ** to a textual question about Matthew 28,17.

And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.  KJV

When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.  NIV

When they saw him, they worshiped him, but they doubted.  NRSVUE

By all means watch for the full discussion but the short version is that “they” seems to be the correct reading and the “some” might reveal a certain squeamishness on the part of translators uncomfortable with the idea that all the disciples doubted which is clearly implied.  

Now the Whimsical but Paranoiac Conspiracy Theorist, one of the 21 distinct personalities that dwell within my seething brain, immediately spun a theory (or played connect the dots) that hones in on questions raised by this text.

It is a scholarly commonplace that of the two synoptic gospel writers, Luke more closely follows Mark’s chronology, but it is Matthew who is more faithful to Mark’s word order.  So consider this scenario…

Mark’s gospel did not originally end at 16:8.  Verse 16:7 hints at a subsequent meeting in Galilee and the reader’s expectation for the depiction of such a meeting would be quite natural.  Let’s pretend for a minute that Matthew 28,16-17 copies the original ending of Mark as Matthew was wont to do so often before.  But Mark included no proclamation or Great Commission.  We were left with the disciples, previously depicted as goofballs in Mark’s gospel, doubting the resurrection itself!

Of course such an ending would have horrified the later gospel writers.  So it was thought better to blame the women and end at 16,8 rather than leave the disciples standing on the mountain and not getting it.  So the original ending of Mark’s gospel was not “lost”, it was suppressed!  (Cue the ominous organ music.)  

Those popping noises you hear are the sound of apologists’ heads exploding all across our land.