But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Ver. 24. But unto the lost sheep, &c.] He was properly the apostle of the circumcision,Romans 15:8; Hebrews 3:1, till the wall of partition was broken down by his resurrection. Then the veil rent, and it was open tide. Then he became a light to lighten the Gentiles, as well as he was the glory of his people Israel.