Oecumenius, on Acts 1:8

“But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.”

“Since before this he commanded: Do not go on the way of the Gentiles (Matt. 10:5), and the following things: for he was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel; now with these, the preaching is shared also with the Samaritans and the other nations. At the same time, Jesus foretells that the word of holiness will be preached throughout the whole world. For what else does "to the ends of the earth" signify?”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.