At an earlier point in his ministry in Galilee, Jesus had summoned the 12 apostles and had sent them forth especially to declare: “The kingdom of the heavens has drawn near. ”
कालांतराने “आकाशाखालच्या सर्व सृष्टीत [सुवार्तेची] घोषणा झाली. ” — कलस्सैकर १: २३; प्रेषितांची कृत्ये १: ८; १६: ५.