the end of the world = the completion, or consummation, of the age: i.e. that then current dispensation, when this apostolic commission might have ended. See App-129., and note on Mat_13:39. But as Israel did not then repent (Act_3:19-26; Act_28:25-28), hence all is postponed till Mat_24:14 shall be taken up and fulfilled, "then shall the end (telos) of the sunteleia come". This particular commission was therefore postponed. See App-167.