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For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, `I have set you as a light of the Gentiles, That you should be for salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.`"
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The Mission Was Always Global
Commentators universally agree that Paul is not inventing a new strategy. By quoting Isaiah 49:6, he proves to his Jewish audience that the inclusion of Gentiles was always part of God's plan for the Messiah. This mission was not a 'Plan B' due to Jewish rejection, but the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, showing the continuity of God's redemptive purpose for the entire world.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For so, etc. Paul, as usual, appeals to the Scriptures to justify his course. He here appeals to the Old Testament, rather than t…
For so hath the Lord commanded us (ουτως γαρ εντεταλτα ημιν ο κυριος). Perfect middle indicative of εντελλω, poetic (Pindar) and l…
19th Century
Anglican
I have set thee to be a light to the Gentiles.—The context of the quotation has to be remembered as showing that St. Paul…
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Baptist
But when the Jews saw the multitude, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and bl…
In response to the Jews’ abuse and blasphemy, Paul and Barnabas asserted their new policy—“To the Jews first, but also to the Gentiles”—a policy th…
16th Century
Protestant
As he hath commanded. The passage is taken from Isaiah, where, however, God speaks rather to his Son than to the apostles. But we must not…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For so has the Lord commanded us For though Christ in his first commission restrained his disciples from going into …
The Jews opposed the doctrine the apostles preached; and when they could find no objection, they blasphemed Christ and his gospel. Commonly, those …
