Ephesians 2:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

Ephesians 2:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 57:19-21
I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. …
Acts 10:36
The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ:(he is Lord of all:)
Romans 5:1
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Acts 2:39
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Deuteronomy 4:7
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-22)

We have now come to the last part of the chapter, which contains an account of the great and mighty privileges that converted Jews and Gentiles both receive from Christ. The apostle here shows that those who were in a state of enmity are reconciled. Between the Jews and the Gentiles there had been a great enmity; so there is between God and every unregenerate man. Now Jesus Christ is our peace, Ep…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. Translate, “He came and announced glad tidings of peace.” “He came” of His own free love, and “announced peace” with His own mouth to the apostles (Lu 24:36; Joh 20:19, 21, 26); and by them to others, through His Spirit present in His Church (Joh 14:18). Ac 26:23 is strictly parallel; after His resurrection “He showed light to the people (‘them that were nigh’) and to the Gentiles (‘you that w…