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10 But the gospel must first be preached to all nations.[a]

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  1. 13:10 The gospel…to all nations: the period of the Christian mission.

18 [a](A)Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 (B)Go, therefore,[b] and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, 20 (C)teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.[c] And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

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  1. 28:18 All power…me: the Greek word here translated power is the same as that found in the LXX translation of Dn 7:13–14 where one “like a son of man” is given power and an everlasting kingdom by God. The risen Jesus here claims universal power, i.e., in heaven and on earth.
  2. 28:19 Therefore: since universal power belongs to the risen Jesus (Mt 28:18), he gives the eleven a mission that is universal. They are to make disciples of all nations. While all nations is understood by some scholars as referring only to all Gentiles, it is probable that it included the Jews as well. Baptizing them: baptism is the means of entrance into the community of the risen one, the Church. In the name of the Father…holy Spirit: this is perhaps the clearest expression in the New Testament of trinitarian belief. It may have been the baptismal formula of Matthew’s church, but primarily it designates the effect of baptism, the union of the one baptized with the Father, Son, and holy Spirit.
  3. 28:20 All that I have commanded you: the moral teaching found in this gospel, preeminently that of the Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5–7). The commandments of Jesus are the standard of Christian conduct, not the Mosaic law as such, even though some of the Mosaic commandments have now been invested with the authority of Jesus. Behold, I am with you always: the promise of Jesus’ real though invisible presence echoes the name Emmanuel given to him in the infancy narrative; see note on Mt 1:23. End of the age: see notes on Mt 13:39 and Mt 24:3.

47 and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.(A)

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21 [a][Jesus] said to them again,(A) “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

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  1. 20:21 By means of this sending, the Eleven were made apostles, that is, “those sent” (cf. Jn 17:18), though John does not use the noun in reference to them (see note on Jn 13:16). A solemn mission or “sending” is also the subject of the post-resurrection appearances to the Eleven in Mt 28:19; Lk 24:47; Mk 16:15.