Ephesians 2:17

He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

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WEBBE

He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

BSB

He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

KJV

And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

ASV

and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

BBE

And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἐλθὼν elthōn having come G2064 εὐηγγελίσατο euēngelisato He evangelised G2097 εἰρήνην eirēnēn peace G1515 ὑμῖν humin to you G4771 τοῖς tois the [ones] G3588 μακρὰν makran far off G3112 καὶ kai and G2532 εἰρήνην eirēnēn peace G1515 τοῖς tois to those G3588 ἐγγύς engus [who are] near G1451

The early church

He sent not, saith the Apostle, by the hand of another, nor did He announce these tidings to us by means of any other, but Himself did it in His own person. He sent not Angel nor Archangel on the mission, because to repair so many and vast mischiefs and to declare what had been wrought was in the power of none other, but required His own coming. The Lord then took upon Himself the rank of a servant, nay, almost of a minister, "and came, and preached peace to you," saith he, "that were far off, and to them that were nigh." To the Jews, he means, who as compared with ourselves were nigh.

John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Ephesians

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 14–18

Jesus Christ made peace by the sacrifice of himself; in every sense Christ was their Peace, the author, centre, and substance of their being at peace with God, and of their union with the Jewish believers in one church. Through the person, sacrifice, and mediation of Christ, sinners are allowed to draw near to God as a Father, and are brought with acceptance into his presence, with their worship and services, under the teaching of the Holy Spirit, as one with the Father and the Son. Christ purchased leave for us to come to God; and the Spirit gives a heart to come, and strength to come, and then grace to serve God acceptably.

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