Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 28:18
Spake unto them. To the whole assembly of five hundred brethren
(1 Corinthians 15:6). A commission had been given long before to the twelve
apostles (Matthew 10:1-15), and also to the seventy, but it differed
widely from the one now given. It confined the preaching to the Jews,
and announced the kingdom of heaven as yet in the future. Now the
preachers of Christ are sent, by the authority of the King, to make
disciples of all nations. The old dispensation had ended with the
cross. The new one had begun with the resurrection.
All power. Henceforth he was the King and Judge of the nations.
The word "is given" denotes the source from whence he obtained his
power, and implies that it was not inherent in the Son. Philippians 2:9
indicates that it was given to him after, and in consequence of, his
voluntary humiliation; and 1 Corinthians 15:27, shows that it held in subjection
to the Father. It was because the authority to rule the world had been
placed in his hands that he issued his commands that it should be
conquered.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 10:7
Matthew 28:18
John 16:20
John 17:2
John 20:21
Acts 10:42
Romans 9:5
Ephesians 1:10
Ephesians 1:22
Philippians 2:9
1 Timothy 6:15
Hebrews 2:9
Revelation 5:9
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