...condemnation." John was responsible for this report of Jesus's words and Matthew for the following: "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the Faith of the Father, the...

...when they saw him they worshipped, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying : All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and...

...lordship is much larger than that of the Church. Literally no element of creation is excluded from it: 'all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me' (Matt. 28.19); all creatures 'in heaven and on earth and under the earth' must confess Christ as Lord...

...explicit definition of our task in the Great Commission (Matt. 28: 18-20) that we take it so lightly. "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." This is the Good News of the Kingdom. Christ has wrested authority from Satan. The Kingdom of God has...

...what he means when he says, 'All things have been delivered to me by my Father' (Matt. 11:27), and 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me' (Matt. 28:18). What 'me'? To me, Jesus of Nazareth, Mary's son, born a human being. From eternity I...

...healthy bodies, of floods and fires, and the cosmic orbits of the planets. The hand of him who says, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me" can touch in blessing a small child's tousled hair, even though his nose may be a bit runny; at the...

...man filled with it (Jn. 6:70). His claim to authority goes far beyond that which is common to man. "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me" (Mt. 28:18) . There is no usurpation here; the authority has been given. Rome, the mighty conqueror...

...espousing such an extreme position opened with the declaration of Christ just before his ascension: "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." These words stood as a refutation of those "who say that the pope does not have jurisdiction over temporal...

...in Dent. 33:17, and appearing frequently in the Psalms (Pss. 18:2; 112:9). The risen Jesus asserted, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me" (Matt. 28:18). The Lamb also has seven eyes; this denotes his fullness of vision, his omniscience....

...words He spoke; I believe He was deliberate in His choice of words, "Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the...