“and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
— WEB
Luke 24:47
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“And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
— KJV
“and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.”
— ASV
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Commentary
beginning at Jerusalem--(1) As the metropolis and heart of the then existing kingdom of God:--"to the Jew first" (Rom 1:16; Act 13:46; Isa 2:3, see on Mat 10:6). (2) As the great reservoir and laboratory of all the sin and crime of the nation, thus proclaiming for all time that there is mercy in Christ for the chief of sinners. (See on Mat 23:37).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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