For so hath the Lord commanded us,— The mighty have argued this very properly from the passage which they quote, as well as from their very commission itself. Comp. Matthew 28:19 and Acts 1:8. But St. Paul had also received a more express command to this purpose. See ch. Acts 22:21 Acts 26:17-18.
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Acts 13:47
47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.