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Were only the eleven instructed to 'teach and baptise' or was there a 'Great Commission' made to the entire Church?
The KJV obscures something here, by translating both διδάσκω and μαθητεύω as “teach”. Jesus is speaking to the “eleven disciples” (ἕνδεκα μαθηταὶ), and commands them to “disciple” or “make disciples ...
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Were only the eleven instructed to 'teach and baptise' or was there a 'Great Commission' made to the entire Church?
Jesus said in Matthew 28:19-20 go make disciple…..teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.
The primary thing Jesus had commanded them to do was make disciples. So all those that ...
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Were only the eleven instructed to 'teach and baptise' or was there a 'Great Commission' made to the entire Church?
While it is certain that teaching, preaching, pastoring, evangelizing, etc., in an 'ordained' ongoing fashion are gifts of the Spirit within individuals particularly called from within local bodies of ...
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