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We are to go to the whole world with the "Great Commission" proclaimed by Yeshua, in the power of the Holy Spirit - first to the Jew and then to the Gentile.
Category: Evangelizing & Preaching
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: Old Testament
Uniqueness: Unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- Acts 1:8
- Mark 16:14-18
- Mark 16:20
- Matthew 28:16-20
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Acts 10:42
- 1 Corinthians 9:16
- Ephesians 4:11
- Galatians 3:8
- John 20:21
- Luke 9:1-2
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Luke 10:1-9
- Luke 10:18-19
- Mark 6:7
- Mark 13:9-10
- Matthew 4:18-19
- Matthew 10:1
- Matthew 10:5-8
- Matthew 24:14
- Romans 1:14-16
- Romans 3:1-2
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
The term "Great Commission" does not appear in the text of the Bible. Its origin is unknown, but the term appears to have been popularized by Hudson Taylor (nineteenth century) to refer to Yeshua's instruction to his original disciples (all Jews), to go to all nations and make the people from them into new disciples. They were instructed to immerse these new disciples into the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and teach them obedience to the commandments of God as taught by Yeshua. According to Matthew 28:16-20 and Mark 16:14-18 , Yeshua's disciples were to preach to all the nations. Prior to that ( Matthew 10:5-8 ), they were given similar instructions but to go only to the "lost sheep of the house of Israel." This and several other Scriptures indicate that, whereas the "Good News" brought by Yeshua was (and is) meant for all peoples, it was (and is) exceptionally important that it be preached first to the Jews because they have the primary covenantal responsibility of reaching the Gentile world for God. This covenantal responsibility was first proclaimed to Abraham ( Genesis 3:8-9 , 26:4 ), and was later re-proclaimed through Moses ( Exodus 19:5-6 ). The Great Commission cannot be accomplished without the power of the Holy Spirit. We read in John 14:15-26 of how, when Yeshua left the earth to be with his Father in heaven, the Father would send back the Holy Spirit. And in Acts 1:8 , we read that Yeshua's disciples had to wait for power from the Holy Spirit before they could effectively be Yeshua's witnesses. Finally (and consistent with that), we read in Matthew 10:5-8 and Mark 16:20 that the effectiveness of the disciples' witness to the non-believing world was largely due to supernatural signs of power that were provided by the Holy Spirit. It is just as true for those of us who are Yeshua's disciples today.
Classical commentators
This Mitzvah is not addressed by any of the classical commentators.
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