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
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