'Nations' in the Bible

Jesus sent out these 12 after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road leading to other nations, and don’t enter any Samaritan town.

You will even be brought before governors and kings because of Me, to bear witness to them and to the nations.

Here is My Servant whom I have chosen,My beloved in whom My soul delights;I will put My Spirit on Him,and He will proclaim justice to the nations.

The nations will put their hope in His name.

“Then they will hand you over for persecution, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of My name.

This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world as a testimony to all nations. And then the end will come.

All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,