Keener, Craig S.2019-09-252019-09-252016-04-0820090118-8534http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/236709"Matthew’s Gospel closes with what Christians have often called the “Great Commission.” This commission is no afterthought to Matthew’s Gospel; rather, it summarizes much of the heart of his message. The earliest audiences of Matthew did not hear snippets of the Gospel extracted from pages in a modern book; they heard the entire Gospel read from a scroll. By the time Matthew’s audience heard chapter 28, then, they would have heard his entire Gospel. They would thus recognize that Matt 28 was a fitting conclusion to Matthew’s Gospel, weaving together themes that appear in that Gospel. As we examine elements of Matthew’s closing, we must read it in light of the entire Gospel it is intended to climax."engWith permission of the license/copyright holderMissiologyDisciplesNationsMatthew 28:19-20ChristiansIntercultural and contextual theologiesMissiologyBiblical TheologyBible (texts, commentaries)New TestamentArticle