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He charged us to preach to the people, and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.
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A Mandate, Not a Suggestion
Commentators emphasize that the apostles' preaching was not their own idea but a direct command from the resurrected Christ. This charge, which scholars link to the Great Commission, was to "testify" or bear witness to a specific truth: Jesus's identity as the divinely appointed Judge.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And he commanded us, etc. Matthew 28:19–20; Mark 16:15–16.
And to testify. To bear witness.
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He charged (παρηγγειλεν). First aorist active indicative as in 1:4. There Jesus is the subject and so probably here, though Page i…
19th Century
Anglican
And he commanded us to preach unto the people. No such command is explicitly found in the Gospel narratives of the words …
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Peter ends his sermon by stating that the risen Christ has commanded his apostles to preach “to the people” and to testify about his divine appoint…
16th Century
Protestant
And he commanded us. He begins in this place to treat of the kingdom of Christ when he says that Christ rose again for this reason: that h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he commanded us, to preach unto the people Not only of the Jews, but of the Gentiles; to all nations, to the who…
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