ACTS 13:47 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.”
'For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth' — Isaiah 49:6 (LXX) underwrites the gentile mission as prophetically ordained, not accidental. The term light (phōs) recalls creation's first light and Isaiah's servant imagery, positioning the apostles in continuity with Scripture's redemptive vision. Salvation to the ends of the earth (sōtēria heōs eschaton tēs gēs) envisages a cosmic scope transcending Jewish ethnic boundaries.
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