In Matthew 28:19 and Mark 16:15, Jesus is sending His apostles. And in Acts 5:42, these same apostles are preaching the gospel. In the original Greek, the “Great Commission” reads: “Having gone on your way . . . ” Therefore, it is a prophecy (“having gone”), not a command (“Go”). 24 The Lord did not command the apostles to “go.” He told them that they would be going. There is a valuable point here.