Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:11
Even the very dust of your city - See on Matthew 10:14 , Matthew 10:15 ; (note). read more
Even the very dust of your city - See on Matthew 10:14 , Matthew 10:15 ; (note). read more
Wo unto thee, Chorazin! - See on Matthew 11:21-24 ; (note). read more
To hell - To hades. See this explained, Matthew 11:23 ; (note). read more
The mission of the seventy. The Lord ' s words to them of instruction and direction and warning. read more
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
Eat such things as are set before you . Most commentators have simply seen in this charge read more
And heal the sick that are therein . These were strangely great powers to confer upon poor weak men—men, too, only in the very dawn of faith—and their naive surprise and joy (see Luke 10:17 ) show how little they believed in their possession of such powers, even after their Master's words announcing to them the gift. But this prodigality of miraculous energy was needful then. The first beginning of so stupendous a work as laying securely the ground stories of Christianity—what Renan, with... read more
But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city . Such a rejection implies that they would have nothing to do with the Master of these preachers, the pitiful, loving, Galilaean Teacher. These were days of possible mighty blessings, of proportional terrible punishments. The woe of Sodom, that well-known swift destruction, most probably through sudden volcanic agency, was tolerable in comparison with the far more awful doom reserved in the... read more
Guilt and punishment. These very solemn words of our Lord demand our attention the more, because his thought is so fully illustrated. They suggest or convey to us three truths. I. THAT GREAT INIQUITY MAY LOOK FOR SIGNAL PUNISHMENT AT THE HAND OF GOD . Jesus does not intimate that Tyre and Sidon suffered any more than they deserved, that Sodom had a retribution which was in the smallest degree out of proportion to its guilt. These cities deserved their doom;... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:9
The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you - Εφ ὑμας , is just upon you. This was the general text on which they were to preach all their sermons. See it explained, Matthew 3:2 ; (note). read more