The following words of Jesus will be very familiar to us… “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:19,20 Those supposed words of Jesus are a "post-Resurrection" idea. The only other place where Jesus commanded the 11 apostles to preach to "all the nations" is in the spurious "long ending" of Mark 16. (Mk 16;15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.)
The verse in Matthew (whose main source was Mark) was probably an interpolation at least partly to sell the concept of the Trinity.
During the days of his preaching, Jesus of Nazareth addressed only Jews and even instructed his disciples not to approach Gentiles or Samaritans. Matthew 10, 5-6: These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into 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. |
