'He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.'—the risen Jesus's command (diasteilato hēmin) gives the great commission its content: preach, testify, proclaim. The declaration 'judge of the living and the dead' (kritēs zōntōn kai nekrōn) is eschatological attribution; Christ holds the final judgment. This legal office (judge) flows from his messianic identity.

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