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Jesus sent these twelve forth, and charged them, saying, "Don`t go among the Gentiles, and don`t enter into any city of the Samaritans.
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A Temporary, Ordered Mission
Commentators unanimously agree this was a temporary command for a specific mission, not a permanent rejection of non-Jews. The gospel was offered first to Israel to fulfill God's covenant promises to them. This established a pattern in salvation history—'to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile'—that would fully unfold after Christ's resurrection.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Into the way of the Gentiles. That is, among the Gentiles, or only among the Jews. The full time for preaching the gospel to the Gentiles …
These twelve Jesus sent forth (τουτους τους δωδεκα απεστειλεν ο Ιησους). The word "sent forth" (απεστειλεν) is the same root as "a…
19th Century
Anglican
Go not into the way of the Gentiles — This emphatic limitation seems, at first, to conflict with the language that spoke of those …
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Baptist
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye no…
(5a) Many scholars have suggested that this speech of Jesus is a compilation of Matthew from various sayings of Jesus (e.g., those found in Mk 6:8–…
16th Century
Protestant
Into the way of the Gentiles. This makes even more evident what I have recently hinted: that the office then given to the apostles had no …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
These twelve Jesus sent forth And no other but them, under the character of apostles. These had been with him a cons…
The gospel was not to be brought to the Gentiles until the Jews had refused it. This restraint on the apostles applied only to their first mission.…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, He had presented His doctrine; here, He appoints His ministers. They are described by their number, their power, and the listing of their na…
