Mark 13:10

13:10 First the gospel must be preached to all nations.

Psalms 22:27

22:27 Let all the people of the earth acknowledge the Lord and turn to him! ¹ 

Let all the nations ²  worship you! ³ 

Psalms 67:1-2

Psalm 67 ⁴ 

For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song.

67:1 May God show us his favor ⁵  and bless us! ⁶ 

May he smile on us! ⁷  (Selah)

67:2 Then those living on earth will know what you are like;

all nations will know how you deliver your people. ⁸ 

Psalms 96:3

96:3 Tell the nations about his splendor!

Tell ⁹  all the nations about his amazing deeds!

Psalms 98:3

98:3 He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. ¹⁰ 

All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us. ¹¹ 

Isaiah 42:10-12

42:10 Sing to the Lord a brand new song!

Praise him ¹²  from the horizon of the earth,

you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, ¹³ 

you coastlands ¹⁴  and those who live there!

42:11 Let the desert and its cities shout out,

the towns where the nomads of Kedar live!

Let the residents of Sela shout joyfully;

let them shout loudly from the mountaintops.

42:12 Let them give the Lord the honor he deserves; ¹⁵ 

let them praise his deeds in the coastlands. ¹⁶ 

Isaiah 45:22

45:22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, ¹⁷ 

all you who live in the earth’s remote regions!

For I am God, and I have no peer.

Isaiah 49:6

49:6 he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant,

to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,

and restore the remnant ¹⁸  of Israel? ¹⁹ 

I will make you a light to the nations, ²⁰ 

so you can bring ²¹  my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

Isaiah 52:10

52:10 The Lord reveals ²²  his royal power ²³ 

in the sight of all the nations;

the entire ²⁴  earth sees

our God deliver. ²⁵ 

Isaiah 60:1-3

Zion’s Future Splendor

60:1 “Arise! Shine! For your light arrives!

The splendor ²⁶  of the Lord shines on you!

60:2 For, look, darkness covers the earth

and deep darkness covers ²⁷  the nations,

but the Lord shines on you;

his splendor ²⁸  appears over you.

60:3 Nations come to your light,

kings to your bright light.

Luke 2:10-11

2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, ²⁹  for I proclaim to you good news ³⁰  that brings great joy to all the people: 2:11 Today ³¹  your Savior is born in the city ³²  of David. ³³  He is Christ ³⁴  the Lord.

Luke 2:31-32

2:31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples: ³⁵ 

2:32 a light, ³⁶ 

for revelation to the Gentiles,

and for glory ³⁷  to your people Israel.”

Acts 1:8

1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts ³⁸  of the earth.”

Romans 10:18

10:18 But I ask, have they ³⁹  not heard? ⁴⁰  Yes, they have: ⁴¹  Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. ⁴² 

Romans 16:26

16:26 but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith –

Ephesians 2:17

2:17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,

Colossians 1:6

1:6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel ⁴³  is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing ⁴⁴  among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.

Colossians 1:23

1:23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, ⁴⁵  without shifting ⁴⁶  from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

Revelation 14:6

Three Angels and Three Messages

14:6 Then ⁴⁷  I saw another ⁴⁸  angel flying directly overhead, ⁴⁹  and he had ⁵⁰  an eternal gospel to proclaim ⁵¹  to those who live ⁵²  on the earth – to every nation, tribe, ⁵³  language, and people.

[22:27]  ¹ tn Heb “may all the ends of the earth remember and turn to the Lord.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 27 are understood as jussives (cf. NEB). Another option (cf. NIV, NRSV) is to take the forms as imperfects and translate, “all the people of the earth will acknowledge and turn…and worship.” See vv. 29-32.

[22:27]  ² tn Heb “families of the nations.”

[22:27]  ³ tn Heb “before you.”

[67:1]  ⁴ sn Psalm 67. The psalmist prays for God’s blessing upon his people and urges the nations to praise him for he is the just ruler of the world.

[67:1]  ⁵ tn Or “have mercy on us.”

[67:1]  ⁶ tn The prefixed verbal forms are understood as jussives expressing the psalmist’s prayer. Note the jussive form יָאֵר (ya’er) in the next line.

[67:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “may he cause his face to shine with us.”

[67:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “to know in the earth your way, among all nations your deliverance.” The infinitive with -לְ (lamed) expresses purpose/result. When God demonstrates his favor to his people, all nations will recognize his character as a God who delivers. The Hebrew term דֶּרֶךְ (derekh, “way”) refers here to God’s characteristic behavior, more specifically, to the way he typically saves his people.

[96:3]  ⁹ tn The verb “tell” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[98:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he remembers his loyal love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel.”

[98:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the deliverance of our God,” with “God” being a subjective genitive (= God delivers).

[42:10]  ¹² tn Heb “his praise.” The phrase stands parallel to “new song” in the previous line.

[42:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “and its fullness”; NASB, NIV “and all that is in it.”

[42:10]  ¹⁴ tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV); NLT “distant coastlands.”

[42:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Let them ascribe to the Lord glory.”

[42:12]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and his praise in the coastlands [or “islands”] let them declare.”

[45:22]  ¹⁷ tn The Niphal imperative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose after the preceding imperative. The Niphal probably has a tolerative sense, “allow yourselves to be delivered, accept help.”

[49:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.”

[49:6]  ¹⁹ sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel.

[49:6]  ²⁰ tn See the note at 42:6.

[49:6]  ²¹ tn Heb “be” (so KJV, ASV); CEV “you must take.”

[52:10]  ²² tn Heb “lays bare”; NLT “will demonstrate.”

[52:10]  ²³ tn Heb “his holy arm.” This is a metonymy for his power.

[52:10]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the remote regions,” which here stand for the extremities and everything in between.

[52:10]  ²⁵ tn Heb “the deliverance of our God.” “God” is a subjective genitive here.

[60:1]  ²⁶ tn Or “glory” (so most English versions).

[60:2]  ²⁷ tn The verb “covers” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[60:2]  ²⁸ tn Or “glory” (so most English versions); TEV “the brightness of his presence.”

[2:10]  ²⁹ tn Grk “behold.”

[2:10]  ³⁰ tn Grk “I evangelize to you great joy.”

[2:11]  ³¹ sn The Greek word for today (σήμερον, shmeron) occurs eleven times in the Gospel of Luke (2:11; 4:21; 5:26; 12:28; 13:32-33; 19:5, 9; 22:34, 61; 23:43) and nine times in Acts. Its use, especially in passages such as 2:11, 4:21, 5:26; 19:5, 9, signifies the dawning of the era of messianic salvation and the fulfillment of the plan of God. Not only does it underscore the idea of present fulfillment in Jesus’ ministry, but it also indicates salvific fulfillment present in the church (cf. Acts 1:6; 3:18; D. L. Bock, Luke [BECNT], 1:412; I. H. Marshall, Luke, [NIGTC], 873).

[2:11]  ³² tn Or “town.” See the note on “city” in v. 4.

[2:11]  ³³ tn This is another indication of a royal, messianic connection.

[2:11]  ³⁴ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[2:31]  ³⁵ sn Is the phrase all peoples a reference to Israel alone, or to both Israel and the Gentiles? The following verse makes it clear that all peoples includes Gentiles, another key Lukan emphasis (Luke 24:47; Acts 10:34-43).

[2:32]  ³⁶ tn The syntax of this verse is disputed. Most read “light” and “glory” in parallelism, so Jesus is a light for revelation to the Gentiles and is glory to the people for Israel. Others see “light” (1:78-79) as a summary, while “revelation” and “glory” are parallel, so Jesus is light for all, but is revelation for the Gentiles and glory for Israel. Both readings make good sense and either could be correct, but Luke 1:78-79 and Acts 26:22-23 slightly favor this second option.

[2:32]  ³⁷ sn In other words, Jesus is a special cause for praise and honor (“glory”) for the nation.

[1:8]  ³⁸ tn Or “to the ends.”

[10:18]  ³⁹ tn That is, Israel (see the following verse).

[10:18]  ⁴⁰ tn Grk “they have not ‘not heard,’ have they?” This question is difficult to render in English. The basic question is a negative sentence (“Have they not heard?”), but it is preceded by the particle μή (mh) which expects a negative response. The end result in English is a double negative (“They have not ‘not heard,’ have they?”). This has been changed to a positive question in the translation for clarity. See BDAG 646 s.v. μή 3.a.; D. Moo, Romans (NICNT), 666, fn. 32; and C. E. B. Cranfield, Romans (ICC), 537, for discussion.

[10:18]  ⁴¹ tn Here the particle μενοῦνγε (menounge) is correcting the negative response expected by the particle μή (mh) in the preceding question. Since the question has been translated positively, the translation was changed here to reflect that rendering.

[10:18]  ⁴² sn A quotation from Ps 19:4.

[1:6]  ⁴³ tn Grk “just as in the entire world it is bearing fruit.” The antecedent (“the gospel”) of the implied subject (“it”) of ἐστιν (estin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:6]  ⁴⁴ tn Though the participles are periphrastic with the present tense verb ἐστίν (estin), the presence of the temporal indicator “from the day” in the next clause indicates that this is a present tense that reaches into the past and should be translated as “has been bearing fruit and growing.” For a discussion of this use of the present tense, see ExSyn 519-20.

[1:23]  ⁴⁵ tn BDAG 276 s.v. ἑδραῖος suggests “firm, steadfast.”

[1:23]  ⁴⁶ tn BDAG 639 s.v. μετακινέω suggests “without shifting from the hope” here.

[14:6]  ⁴⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[14:6]  ⁴⁸ tc Most mss (Ì47 א* Ï sa) lack ἄλλον (allon, “another”) here, but the support for it is stronger (Ì^115vid א² A C P 051 1006 1611 1841 2053 2329 al latt sy bo). The problem that its inclusion represents is that there is no reference to any other angel in the immediate context (the last mention was in 11:15). In this instance, the longer reading is harder. The word was probably intentionally omitted in order to resolve the tension; less likely, it might have been accidentally omitted since its spelling is similar to “angel” (ἄγγελος, angelos).

[14:6]  ⁴⁹ tn L&N 1.10 states, “a point or region of the sky directly above the earth – ‘high in the sky, midpoint in the sky, directly overhead, straight above in the sky.’”

[14:6]  ⁵⁰ tn Grk “having.”

[14:6]  ⁵¹ tn Or “an eternal gospel to announce as good news.”

[14:6]  ⁵² tn Grk “to those seated on the earth.”

[14:6]  ⁵³ tn Grk “and tribe,” but καί (kai) has not been translated here or before the following term since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.