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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:1-24

The mission of the seventy. Jesus, as we have seen, is now going up on his last journey to Jerusalem , and he is anxious that the places he is to visit for the last time, and some possibly for the first as well as last, should be ready to receive him. On this account he organizes the mission of the seventy in addition to that of the twelve already noticed. They are to be forerunners, going to announce his advent in the different cities and villages. Let us study the mission as here... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:2

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest . This and many of the sayings reported on this occasion had been said apparently before, when the twelve had been sent out on a similar mission. It seems almost certain that, on several occasions, the Lord repeated the same expressions containing great truths, with scarcely any variation in language. The harvest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:2

Spiritual husbandry. I. THE LARGENESS OF THE FIELD . "The harvest truly is great." It is not a few human families, or a few small populations; it is not one large nation; it is not even one great continent; it is the entire human race, which Jesus Christ proposed and which he still purposes to redeem—this great human race, with all its nationalities, with all its creeds and all its doubts and denials, with all its pride and all its degradation, with all its profound estrangement... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 10:1

After these things - After the appointment of the twelve apostles, and the transactions recorded in the previous chapters.Other seventy - Seventy others besides the apostles. They were appointed for a different purpose from the apostles. The apostles were to be with him; to hear his instructions; to be witnesses of his miracles, his sufferings, his death, his resurrection and ascension, that they might “then” go and proclaim all these things to the world. The seventy were sent out to preach... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 10:1

Luke 10:1. The Lord appointed other seventy also Or rather, seventy others, as ετερους εβδομηκοντα , should certainly be translated; for the expression, other seventy, implies that seventy had been sent before, which certainly was not the fact, (those sent before being no more than twelve,) nor is it implied in the Greek. So inconsiderable a difference in the words makes a great alteration in the sense. “The scene of Christ’s ministry being, from this time forth, to lie in Judea, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 10:1-24

82. The mission of the seventy (Luke 10:1-24)Earlier Jesus had sent twelve apostles into the northern areas because the work was more than he could do by himself in the short time available. Now, for a similar reason, he sent a much larger number into the southern regions through which he was travelling (Luke 10:1-2). The instructions Jesus gave to the seventy were similar to those he had given to the twelve (Luke 10:3-12; see also notes on Matthew 10:5-42). Being reminded of the earlier... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 10:1

Luke 10:1-16 are peculiar to Luke. After. Greek. meta. App-104 . Lord. App-98 . appointed . Greek anadeiknumi. Occurs only here, and Acts 1:24 (shew). other = others, as in Luke 9:56 , Luke 9:59 , Luke 9:61 . seventy also : i.e. as well as the Twelve. before. Greek. pro. App-104 . into. Greek. eis. App-104 . would come = was about to come. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 10:2

unto . Greek. pros. App-104 . Not the same word as in verses: Luke 10:9 , Luke 10:11 . pray. Greek. deomai. App-134 . Implying the senseof need. would = may. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 10:1

With this chapter begins the great body of material unique to Luke, comprising some of the most glorious teachings the Saviour delivered to mankind, and making this some of the most interesting writings in the sacred Scriptures. The sending forth of the seventy (Luke 10:1-16), their return (Luke 10:17-20), the rejoicing of Jesus (Luke 10:21-24), the account of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), and an incident in the home of Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42) are narrated in Luke 10.THE SENDING... read more

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