Acts 13:47

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For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

Then why have ye not done this? It was indeed needful that the Gentiles should hear, and this not before you: it is your own doing, the before you. For so has the Lord commanded us: I have set you for a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation, i.e. for knowledge which is unto salvation, and not merely of the Gentiles, but of all men, unto the ends of the earth— As many as were ordained unto eternal life

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

For that the Gentiles might not be hurt at hearing this, as if the case were so that, had the Jews been in earnest, they themselves would not have obtained the blessings, therefore he brings in the prophecy, saying, A light of the Gentiles, and, for salvation unto the ends of the earth. And hearing (this) the Gentiles

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Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220

And who was it that said to Christ concerning giving light to the world: "I have set Thee as a light to the Gentiles"

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