And he said unto them St John informs us that on this occasion the Risen Saviour breathed on the Apostles, and gave them a foretaste of the bestowal of the Holy Ghost, with power to remit sin and retain sin. St Mark tells us of very important words, which He went on to utter, anticipating the final charge recorded by St Matthew (Matthew 28:16-20).

Go ye into all the world Or, as it is expressed in St Matthew's Gospel, "make disciples of all nations" (Matthew 28:19), and comp. Luke 24:47; Acts 1:8. Contrast these injunctions with those to the Twelve during His earthly ministry, Matthew 10:5-6, "Go notinto the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

every creature i. e. to the whole creation, the whole world of men, not Jews only or Samaritans, but Gentiles of all nations. Comp. Romans 8:21-22.

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