So, as you go, make disciples out of people from all the nations, then immerse believers [See Mark 16:15-16] into the name of [i.e., to enter a relationship with] the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Mark 16:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Then He said to them, “You [men] go into the entire world and preach the good news to every person. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach and publish openly the good news (the Gospel) to every creature [of the whole human race]. American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. Common English Bible He said to them, “Go into the whole world and proclaim the good news to every creature. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them: "Go forth to the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature. |
So, as you go, make disciples out of people from all the nations, then immerse believers [See Mark 16:15-16] into the name of [i.e., to enter a relationship with] the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
I command you to do these things so that you will [demonstrate your] love for one another. [Note: Or this may mean that His command was to love one another, as in verse 12].
Jesus said to them again, “May there be peace in your hearts. Just as the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”
up until the day He returned to heaven. [Just before that time] He had given [certain] instructions to His [specially] selected apostles through [the direction of] the Holy Spirit.
But, you apostles will receive power when the Holy Spirit descends on you and [then] you will become My witnesses [i.e., to tell what you know] in Jerusalem, in [the countries of] Judea and Samaria, and [even] to the distant regions of the earth.”
But I ask, “Did not they [i.e., the Jews] hear [the message]?” Certainly they did! [Psa. 19:4 says], “The sound [of their preaching] went out into all the world, and their message reached to the ends of the earth.”
And Christ came and preached peace to you [Gentiles], who were far away [from God], and peace to those [Jews] who were near [to Him].
[This will happen] if you continue in the faith [Note: This means either “continue to observe God’s teaching” or, “continue to believe”], firmly grounded and established, and not moved away from the hope offered by the Gospel message, which you have heard and which was preached to people throughout the entire created world under heaven. I, Paul, was made a minister of this Gospel.
came to you. This Gospel is [now] also producing fruit all over the world [i.e., throughout the Roman Empire] and growing [in its influence], just as it is doing among you people also, since the day you [first] heard and understood God’s unearned favor in [all its] truth.
And we [apostles] have seen and are [reliable] witnesses that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world [See 1:2; 2:2].
Then I saw another angel flying in midair. He had eternal good news to proclaim to those who lived on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language group and race.