Pas Ethnos

I was doing a little Greek word study from Matthew 28:19 tonight.



Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:


Following are all the places where the combination of pas (all) and ethnos (nation/Gentile) occur in the New Testament, either in the singular (“every nation”) or plural (“all nations/Gentiles”).

Matthew

24:9 – “You will be hated by pantaon ton ethnon for my sake.”
24:14 (cf. Mark 13:10) – “This gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, as a testimony to pasin tois ethnesin; and then the end will come.”
25:32 – “Before him will be gathered panta ta ethne, and He will separate them one from another…”
28:19 – “Make disciples of panta ta ethne.”
Mark

11:17 – “My house shall be called a house of prayer for pasin tols ethnesin (cf. Isaiah 56:17)
Luke

12:30 – “For panta ta ethne of the world seek these things.”
21:24 – “They will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive among ta ethne panta.”
24:47 – “Repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to panta ta ethne, beginning from Jerusalem.”
Acts

2:5 – “Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from pantos ethnous under Heaven.”
10:35 – “In panti ethnei any one who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to Him.”
14:16 – “In past generations he allowed panta ta ethne to walk in their own ways.”
15:17 – “…that the rest of men may seek the Lord, and panta ta ethne who are called by my name.”
17:26 – “And he made from one pan ethnos of men to live on all the face of the earth…”
Romans

1:5 – “We have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among pasin tois ethnesin.”
Galatians

3:8 – “And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall panta ta ethne be blessed.’” (cf. Genesis 12:3)
2 Timothy

4:17 – “But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength to proclaim the word fully, that panta ta ethne might hear it.”
Revelation

12:5 – “One who is to rule panta ta ethne with a rod of iron.” (cf. Psalm 2:8)
15:4 – “Panta ta ethne shall come and worship thee…”

Source: http://thenewculture.org/articles/pas-ethnos-cb/

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