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Luke 24:47
ESV and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
NIV and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
NASB and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
CSB and repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
NLT It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’
KJV And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
NKJV and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

What does Luke 24:47 mean?

In the last part of this chapter, Luke foreshadows the first two chapters of Acts. This verse previews the mission Jesus gives to the early church: as His "witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8).

The apostles and other disciples follow this outline, although not always proactively. The day Jesus' followers receive the Holy Spirit, they begin teaching the Pentecost crowds what Jesus now explains: His place in the prophecies of Jewish Scripture (Acts 2). To the crowd at the temple, Peter shows their own place in prophecy: as those who brought suffering to the Messiah. He then calls them to repent and find forgiveness (Acts 3:11–26).

This message continues until Stephen is martyred and Paul begins his persecution of the church (Acts 7:54—8:3). Many of the disciples flee. Philip finds himself north where a great number of Samaritans, who are reviled by the Jews, believe his message about the Jewish Messiah. Peter and John follow to validate their faith and their place in the Christian church (Acts 8:4–25).

The Gentiles follow. Philip brings an Ethiopian proselyte to faith (Acts 8:26–40). Peter watches the Holy Spirit fall on an entire houseful of Gentiles (Acts 10:44–48). disciples from Cyprus and Cyrene, who had fled Jerusalem, witnessed to Gentiles in Syrian Antioch (Acts 11:19–20), building a church that became Paul's home base to reach as far as Rome—or, possibly, Spain.

This message must be shared "in his name." The message is powerful because it comes with the power and authority of Jesus. As Peter will tell the Sanhedrin, "And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).

This is the great mission Jesus gives the church. First, however, they need the Holy Spirit.
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