And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.

1. Peter now brings in the "Great Commission" given before the ascension of Jesus.

2. Peter was commanded to preach the gospel to "every creature under heaven." (Mark 16:15) He was told to make disciples "of all the nations." (Matthew 28:19)

3. NOTE : The word "nations" in the plural is the same word translated "Gentiles." In the mind of the Jew, there were Jews and there was "every one else." Everyone not a Jew belonged to the nations of Gentiles. This word is translated in our NT "gentile" 93 times and "nations" 27 times.

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