The eleven.
ECT Great Commission
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The eleven.
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He's really slow, isn't he?
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And why do I care what Bob says?
Did the eleven preach the gospel to the ends of the earth as Jesus told them to do in Acts 1:8?
Nope.
Why not?
(Acts 1:8) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
The Holy Spirit came upon them at Pentecost.
They preached in jerusalem
They preached in Samaria
What makes you think they didn't preach to the ends of the earth?
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Matthew 10:23 (KJV)
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You can't be serious?
Jesus didn't tell them to preach to every town in Israel before preaching in other nations.
(Acts 11:20) Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.
The above happened before they preached in every town in Israel.
(Acts 10:29) So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. ...
Maybe you think Peter was dragged kicking and screaming.
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Before the New Covenant
After the New Covenant
You do know that not one of them was persecuted until Stephen? If you understand that, you would understand what Jesus said in Matt 10
Not so Lord!
Why did he react that way when he was baptized by the Holy Spirit with power and wisdom?
Give it up tetenstein.
But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I myself am also a man.” 27 And as he talked with him, he went in and found many who had come together. 28 Then he said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
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Yes, all of this is well after Matthew 28:19 (KJV).
Tet doesn't know what he is talking about. Or worse yet, he is intentionally deceptive...which is possible.
Because he was taught not to eat unclean food.
Nowhere in the OT was it unlawful for an Israelite to keep company with, or go to one of another nation.
The Pharisees of Peter's day enforced the evil Talmud. The evil Talmud prohibited Jews from keeping company with someone from another nation.
Peter was afraid of the Pharisees, and their laws, customs, and traditions.
If you disagree just show us where in the OT Israelites were prohibited from going into a Gentile's house?
You are so confused.
Jesus told His Apostles to preach unto the world.
However, the Apostles still thought the Israelites/Jews were superior to the Gentiles, as far as being clean/unclean.
The sheet vision, taught Peter that the Gentiles were no different than the Israelites/Jews.
Later on, Paul tells us there is no difference between Jew and Gentile.
Peter's sheet vision was the first they were taught that there was no difference between Jew and Gentile.
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If the difference of J/G ends at the cross, why did God wait so long to tell Peter?