Paul “then adds, ‘And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near’ (Eph. 2:15, 17). This preaching of peace by Jesus Christ (cf. Acts 10:36), according to the context, took place after His death. It can scarcely refer to His teaching during the forty days between the resurrection and the ascension, as in that period He seems to have revealed Himself only to His disciples. It must therefore refer to the work of Christian preachers. The same Christ who once made peace through His cross, now preaches peace through His heralds” (John Stott, The Preacher’s Portrait, p. 36).
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