Francis Patrick Kenrick

I have restored the Rhemish version, which is literal, because the modern edition, which is conformed to the Protestant, presents a meaning liable to controversy : "unto the dispersed among the gentiles." It is by no means certain that the Jews dispersed among the gentiles are meant. Many understand the text of the gentiles themselves scattered abroad over the earth, although it must be acknowledged that the term "dispersion" is not strictly applicable to nations dwelling in their re- spective countries. " Among the dispersed gentiles" appears to me to be the correct version, which is favored by the sequel : " and teach the gentiles." The Rhemish version leaves either meaning undetermined, and on that account, although obscured, is preferable. The term rendered gentiles means Greeks, but it was used by the Jews of the nations generally.