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Originally Posted by premio53
Mar 8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
I might add that after the crucifixion the commission was no longer strictly to the "house of Israel" (Matthew 10) but to "all nations" (Matthew 28:19).
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And those
Jews out of "all nations" were present at Jerusalem in
Acts 2, and
not manifest in Ephesians 3:
Acts 2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem
Jews, devout men,
out of every nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
The "great" commission of Matthew 28 was not the only "commission" given to the 12 Apostles,
there were five "commissions", and all dealing only with the Jews. Our commission, Pauls', is in Acts 9:15.
Grace and peace
Tony