There is secondary evidence in the earliest church writings. We have strong reasons to believe that these words were always part of Matthew’s gospel and no legitimate reasons to doubt it. This is an entirely unfounded assertion that goes against all known evidence. In relatively recent years, it had become increasingly popular among modalists, Muslims, and even Black Hebrew Israelites to claim that this section, or at least the Trinitarian formula therein, was not original to Matthew’s gospel and was only added in later on. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age,” (Matthew 28:19-20). But was it really originally part of the gospel, or is it a later addition? Let’s take a look at Jesus’ powerful words commissioning His disciples to ministry, and then discuss modern claims that these words are a fabrication.
The statement by Jesus at the end of the gospel of Matthew is a wonderful testimony to, among other things, God’s triune nature.
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