Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
The disciples went to Galilee after the second week and likely to the Mount of the Beatitudes, where Jesus had appointed them. The five hundred brethren who saw Him at once had assembled by the promise of this manifestation, which was His most conspicuous resurrection appearance.
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Commenting on Matthew 28:16-20
Make disciples of all nations, teaching comes afterwards as a separate act. Baptize them into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, just as believers are baptized into Christ, not merely by His authority but in covenant union with Him.
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Apostleship is laborious work, not an empty title. The apostles were to teach all nations and seal their doctrine with baptism, yet proud hypocrites claim this rank while they live like kings and ignore teaching altogether, which is absurd and intolerable.
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