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.
Ver. 47. I have set thee] This, spoken at first to Christ, is here applied to his messengers and ministers, who are labourers together with Christ, 1 Corinthians 3:9, and are in Scripture called both lights and saviours, Matthew 5:14; Oba 1:21 1 Timothy 4:16 .