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New Testament · Matthew

Matthew 24:14

The gospel of the kingdom to all nations

TEXT
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The proclamation of the kingdom is presented as a witness to all nations before the end, but geographic scope and completion criteria remain debated.

This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

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Immediate context and meaning

The verse joins mission and eschatology. The message is proclaimed in the whole inhabited world as a witness to the nations, and the end follows. The text does not define completion through one modern metric such as language availability, national presence, personal exposure, or organizational reach.

The terms oikoumenē and ethnē can carry Roman-world, inhabited-world, and broader peoples-and-nations senses. Interpretation must therefore state whether the verse refers to apostolic Mediterranean proclamation, worldwide mission across history, a final concentrated witness, or layered fulfillment.

Historical setting

  • Pauline texts can describe the gospel as widely proclaimed in the known world, supporting first-century readings of universalizing language.
  • Modern mission research distinguishes peoples, languages, states, access, affiliation, translation, and exposure; those measures should not be silently equated with the verse's own wording.

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Interpretation summaries (3)

Apostolic-world proclamation

Preterist readings hold that the message reached the Roman world before Jerusalem's destruction.

INTERPRETATION
Reasonable Interpretation

Age-long worldwide mission

Amillennial, idealist, and many historicist readings treat the verse as the mission of the whole age before the final return.

INTERPRETATION
Reasonable Interpretation

Final completion before the end

Futurist readings often expect a final worldwide witness during the end-time crisis.

INTERPRETATION
Disputed

Explicit in the passage

  • The gospel of the kingdom is proclaimed in the inhabited world.
  • The proclamation functions as a witness to all nations.
  • The end follows this witness.

Not explicit in the passage

  • The verse does not define one modern completion metric.
  • It does not state that a particular organization alone completes the task.
  • It does not supply a date once a dataset crosses a threshold.
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  1. Primary textGospel according to Matthew

    Locator: Matthew 24:14

    Primary source for the Matthew 24 passage navigator and text-only sequence. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:14.

  2. Manuscript or critical textKing James Version

    Locator: Matthew 24:14

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  3. Primary textIsaiah

    Locator: Matthew 24:14

    Supplies Day-of-the-Lord, cosmic-collapse, resurrection, and new-creation imagery. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:14.

  4. Primary textDaniel

    Locator: Matthew 24:14

    Supplies kingdom, Son of Man, seventy-weeks, desecration, distress, and resurrection material. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:14.

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Gospel according to Matthew

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Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Matthew 24–25

What it supports: Primary source for the Matthew 24 passage navigator and text-only sequence.

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King James Version

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Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Authorized Version

Publication date: 1611; public-domain edition

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Isaiah

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Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Isaiah 2; 11; 13; 24–27; 65–66

What it supports: Supplies Day-of-the-Lord, cosmic-collapse, resurrection, and new-creation imagery.

Limitations: Symbolic and literal readings remain debated.

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Daniel

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Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Daniel 2; 7–12

What it supports: Supplies kingdom, Son of Man, seventy-weeks, desecration, distress, and resurrection material.

Limitations: Dating, historical referents, and future extensions are heavily disputed.

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  • CCX-RPT-13The Great Tribulation: Biblical Origins and Interpretations
  • CCX-RPT-14The Abomination of Desolation — Daniel, Jesus, and Historical Fulfillments
  • CCX-RPT-15Signs in the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Heavens in Biblical Prophecy
  • CCX-RPT-42Islamic Eschatology, al-Masīḥ, and the End of the Age: A Comparative and Missiological Analysis
  • CCX-RPT-43Jewish Eschatology and Exegetical Traditions: A Comprehensive Analysis of Biblical and Interpretive Frameworks
  • CCX-RPT-48Interfaith UX Principles for Neutrality in Disputed Beliefs
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