Matthew 28:16-17 - Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
This appointed meeting place is likely where the 500 brethren saw the resurrected Christ at one time, I Corinthians 15:6.
Matthew 28:18-20 - And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Go ye therefore - Based on the fact that all power is given unto Him, we go. So we go by His power, and the most powerful One is with us as we go. How can we fear to give out the Gospel?
Teach all nations - Literally, make disciples of [people from] all nations.
Baptizing them in the name... - Literally, baptizing them into the name. So it is their initiation into the right to be publicly called a Christian.
Notice also, it is not "the name of the Father and the name of the Son, etc..." But rather, "the name of the Father, and of the Son, etc..." The name is given once and is singular! It is one name for all three persons of the Godhead! A powerful evidence of the Trinity. Quote: "The 'name' is singular, followed by an elliptical clause indicating that the one name is the name of each person in the Trinity." - Liberty N.T. Commentary, p. 93.
Unto the end of the world - "World" = AION, the age. Indicates the Great Commission was not merely for the apostles, but for us all, till the end.
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