Matthew 28:19–20
Jesus sends his followers to make disciples
Study it word by word19So go and make disciples of all the nations, immersing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20teaching them to keep all things that I have commanded you. And look, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age.”
In its context
17And when they saw him, they bowed down before him; but some doubted.
18And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
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Its words in the original
- πορευθέντεςporeuthentes· go
Go, set out; also live, walk in a way of life.
- μαθητεύσατεmathēteusate· make disciples
Make someone a disciple, teach; in the passive, become a disciple.
- ἔθνηethnē· nation
Nation, people; in the plural, often the peoples who are not Israel.
- βαπτίζοντεςbaptizontes· immerse
Immerse: plunge into water, wash by dipping. The word "baptize" comes from it.
- ὄνομαonoma· name
Name. In the Bible, a name stands for the person himself.
- πατρὸςpatros· father, Father
Father; also ancestor.
- υἱοῦhuiou· son, Son
Son. Also descendant: "son of David" means one of King David's family, and is a title of the promised Messiah.
- ἁγίουhagiou· holy
Holy: set apart for God, pure, belonging to him.
- πνεύματοςpneumatos· spirit, Spirit
Spirit; also wind and breath. With "holy", the Holy Spirit of God.
- διδάσκοντεςdidaskontes· teach
Teach.
- τηρεῖνtērein· keep
Keep, obey; also guard, preserve.
- ἐνετειλάμηνeneteilamēn· command
Command, give orders.
- εἰμιeimi· be
Be, exist.
- ἡμέραςhēmeras· day
Day. "In the days of" someone: in their time.
- συντελείαςsynteleias· end, consummation
End, completion; "the end of the age".
- αἰῶνοςaiōnos· age
Age: a long period of the world's time; "forever", literally "into the ages".