Paul's Commission
The Table of Nations and the Commission
Paul was aware that his commission was a reversal of the falling away at the tower of Babel Genesis 11 of the nations that are listed in Genesis 10. In Romans 15#15:24, Paul tells the Romans that he still needs to get to "Spain," which is the same location as Tarshish in the Old Testament, found both in Genesis 10 and Isaiah 66. Now it's clear that Paul has the Isaiah passage in mind because he quotes from it in Romans 15#15 22. At Pentecost, we only see Rome mentioned as the farthest Western point so Paul is looking at the OT and determining that the gospel still needs preached in Tarshish (Spain) in order to complete the reversal of Babel.