The Foundation argues that no saying commissioning a gentile mission survives historical scrutiny.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Asher Wilder, Did Jesus Give the Great Commission?
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Did Jesus Give the Great Commission?
Did Jesus Give the Great Commission?
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The mission was the accident. The commission is the paperwork.
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Paul cites dominical tradition elsewhere when he has it: on divorce, on the right of apostles to material support, on the words over bread and cup.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Galatians 1-2; Pauline letters
Paul grounds his gentile mission in private revelation, not a quoted command from Jesus.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Galatians 1-2
Peter requires a vision on a rooftop before he will enter a gentile household, and afterward has to defend the decision to the Jerusalem community.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Acts 10-11, 15
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