SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:17
Y vino, y anunci la paz a vosotros que estabais lejos, y a los que estaban cerca;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:17
Verse 17. And came and preached peace] Proclaimed the readiness of God to forgive and save both Jews and Gentiles. See the note on ver. 13.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. And came and preached peace to you which were afar off , &c.] Which is to be understood not of Christ's coming in the flesh; for when he came in the flesh, he came only to the Jews that were nigh, and preached the Gospel in his own personal ministry to them, and not to the Gentiles, who are the persons afar off; ( Ephesians 2:12,13) but of his coming by his Spirit in the ministry of his apostles, to whom he gave a commission after he had made peace and reconciliation by the blood of his cross, to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to the Gentiles in the furthest parts of the earth; and on whom he bestowed gifts, qualifying them for such service, and succeeded them in it by his power and grace: and the subject of their ministry was peace, Christ who is our peace, and peace made by his blood, and the Gospel of peace, which declares both these; and it is the means of making persons of peaceable dispositions; its doctrines and promises, when powerfully applied, give peace to distressed minds, and quiet to doubting saints; and it shows the way to eternal peace: and to them that were nigh ; to the Jews, to whom the Gospel of peace was preached in the first place, not only by Christ and his apostles, before his death; but by his apostles after his resurrection, and after the commission was given to preach it to the Gentiles; though they are mentioned last, because the apostle was speaking to Gentiles; and this also verifies what Christ says, the first shall be last, and the last first: the Alexandrian copy, some others, and the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions, read peace, in this clause, as in the former; the apostle seems to have respect to ( Isaiah 57:19) a like description and distinction of Jews and Gentiles may be observed in the writings of the Jews f32 ; so they say, the Israelites are near unto the holy King, and the rest of the nations are far from him.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 14-18 - Jesus Christ made peace by the sacrifice of himself; in every sens Christ was their Peace, the author, centre, and substance of their being at peace with God, and of their union with the Jewish believer in one church. Through the person, sacrifice, and mediation of Christ sinners are allowed to draw near to God as a Father, and are brough with acceptance into his presence, with their worship and services under the teaching of the Holy Spirit, as one with the Father and the Son. Christ purchased leave for us to come to God; and the Spirit give a heart to come, and strength to come, and then grace to serve God acceptably.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 ελθων 2064 5631 ευηγγελισατο 2097 5668 ειρηνην 1515 υμιν 5213 τοις 3588 μακραν 3112 και 2532 τοις 3588 εγγυς 1451
Vincent's NT Word Studies
17. You which were afar off. Gentiles.
Them that were nigh. Jews. See on Rom. iii. 30. As children of the messianic covenant. See on ver. 12. Compare Isa. lvii. 9, where the Septuagint reads, peace upon peace to those who are far and to those who are near.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
2:17 {Preached peace} (eueggelisato eirenen). First aorist middle of euaggelizw. "He gospelized peace" to both Jew and Gentile, "to the far off ones" (tois makran) and "to the nigh ones" (tois eggus). By the Cross and after the Cross Christ could preach that message.
