midst of many false signs, he tells his disciples: “the gospel must first be preached to all the nations” (13:10). The end will come, however, and at that time the Son of Man “will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven” (13:27). At his death, in the temple the veil that hid the holy of holies from the rest of the world is rent asunder (15:37–38), and a Roman centurion confesses that Jesus was the Son of God.27 Third, the discourse
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