Ephesians 2:17

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Christ came and brought the message of peace to you non-Jews who were far away from God. And he brought that message of peace to those who were near to God.

Revised Standard Version
And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and came and preached peace to you which were afarre of and to them that were nye.

Hebrew Names Version
He came and preached shalom to you who were far off and to those who were near.

New American Standard Bible
And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near;

New Century Version
Christ came and preached peace to you who were far away from God, and to those who were near to God.

Update Bible Version
and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to those that were near:

Webster's Bible Translation
And came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

English Standard Version
And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.

World English Bible
He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he came and preached peace to you that were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

Weymouth's New Testament
So He came and proclaimed good news of peace to you who were so far away, and peace to those who were near;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he comynge prechide pees to you that weren fer, and pees to hem that weren niy;

English Revised Version
and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

Contemporary English Version
Christ came and preached peace to you Gentiles, who were far from God, and peace to us Jews, who were near God.

Amplified Bible
AND HE CAME AND PREACHED THE GOOD NEWS OF PEACE TO YOU [Gentiles] WHO WERE FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE [Jews] WHO WERE NEAR.

American Standard Version
and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

Bible in Basic English
And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;

Complete Jewish Bible
Also, when he came, he announced as Good News shalom to you far off and shalom to those nearby ,

Darby Translation
and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who [were] afar off, and [the glad tidings of] peace to those [who were] nigh.

International Standard Version
He came and proclaimed peace for you who were far away and for you who were near.Psalm 148:14; Isaiah 57:19; Zechariah 9:10; Acts 2:39; 10:36; Romans 5:1; Ephesians 5:13-14;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And coming, he preached peace to you, to the far off, and to the nigh; therefore,

Murdock Translation
And he came, and proclaimed peace to you afar off, and to those near:

King James Version (1611)
And came, and preached peace to you, which were afarre off, and to them that were nigh.

New Living Translation
He brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and peace to the Jews who were near.

New Life Bible
Then Christ came and preached the Good News of peace to you who were far away from God. And He preached it to us who were near God.

New Revised Standard
So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And came, and preached peace to you which were afarre off, & to them that were neere.

George Lamsa Translation
And he came and preached peace to you who are far away and to those who are near.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, coming, he announced the glad-message - of peace, unto you, the far off, and peace, unto them that were nigh;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off: and peace to them that were nigh.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of, and to them that were nye.

Good News Translation
So Christ came and preached the Good News of peace to all—to you Gentiles, who were far away from God, and to the Jews, who were near to him.

Christian Standard Bible®
He came and proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

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

Lexham English Bible
And coming, he proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to the ones who were near,

Literal Translation
And coming, He proclaimed "peace to you, the ones afar off, and to the ones near." Isa. 57:19

Young's Literal Translation
and having come, he did proclaim good news -- peace to you -- the far-off and the nigh,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and came and preached peace in the Gospell, vnto you which were afarre of, and to the that were nye.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and being come, he preached the glad tidings of peace to YOU who were afar off, and to US that were nigh.

New English Translation
And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,

New King James Version
And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He rode out and delivered the good news to the outsiders who were far away, but on his way, he gave the same good news to the Jews.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
AND HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR;

Legacy Standard Bible
And He came and preached the good news of peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near;

Contextual Overview

¹⁴For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility ¹⁵by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace ¹⁶and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility. ¹⁷He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.¹⁸For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. ¹⁹Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens of the saints and members of God's household, ²⁰built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. ²¹In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. ²²And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

Bible Verse Review
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and preached: Psalms 85:10, Isaiah 27:5, Isaiah 52:7, Isaiah 57:19-21, Zechariah 9:10, Matthew 10:13, Luke 2:14, Luke 15:5, Luke 15:6, Acts 2:39, Acts 10:36, Romans 5:1, 2 Corinthians 5:20

that: Ephesians 2:13, Ephesians 2:14, Deuteronomy 4:7, Psalms 75:1, Psalms 76:1, Psalms 76:2, Psalms 147:19, Psalms 147:20, Psalms 148:14, Luke 10:9-11

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:10 - then proclaim Deuteronomy 27:7 - peace offerings Judges 21:13 - call peaceably Job 25:2 - he maketh Psalms 29:11 - bless Psalms 65:5 - afar Psalms 73:27 - lo Psalms 85:8 - for he Psalms 119:155 - Salvation Isaiah 49:1 - and hearken Zechariah 3:9 - remove Mark 1:14 - preaching Mark 16:15 - into Luke 10:5 - General Luke 15:8 - and seek Luke 15:13 - and took Luke 15:20 - But Romans 10:15 - the gospel 2 Corinthians 5:18 - hath given Colossians 3:15 - to the Titus 1:3 - manifested 1 Peter 1:25 - this

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

Genesis 2:4
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

Genesis 2:6
But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:10
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

Genesis 2:13
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

Genesis 2:18
The LORD God also said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper."

Genesis 2:20
The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

Genesis 2:21
So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man's ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And came and preached peace to you which were afar off,.... 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 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 h; so they say,

"the Israelites are near unto the holy King, and the rest of the nations are far from him.''

h Zohar in Numb. fol. 89. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And came and preached peace - That is, the system of religion which he proclaimed, was adapted to produce peace with God. This he preached personally to those who “were nigh,” that is, the Jews; to those who were “afar off “ - the Gentiles - he preached it by his apostles. He was the author of the system which proclaimed salvation to both.

The word “peace” here refers to reconciliation with God.

To you which were afar off, ... - see the notes at Ephesians 2:13; compare the notes at Acts 2:39.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. And came and preached peace — Proclaimed the readiness of God to forgive and save both Jews and Gentiles. Ephesians 2:13; Ephesians 2:13.