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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:16-23

The future mission of the apostles. I. THE COMING PERSECUTIONS . 1 . The Lord warns his apostles beforehand. "Behold, I send you forth." He looks forward to their future work in the world when they should have received the full apostolic commission; he prepares them for the dangers of their office; he reminds them of its dignity, of the source from which the commission comes. "I send you." The pronoun is emphatic: "It is I, the Lord, who send you." This thought should strengthen... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:16-23

Sheep and wolves. The charge of Christ to his evangelists is here continued. Though addressed in the first instance to the twelve, it is by no means limited to them. We may learn— I. THAT THE DISPOSITION OF THE WORLDLING TOWARDS THE CHRISTIAN IS WOLFISH . 1 . It is a disposition of hostility. 2 . Its hostility is nerved by cruelty. 3 . The cruelty is aggravated by treachery. "O shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:16-39

The internal conditions of conveying Christ ' s message. The subdivisions of this section are after Matthew 10:23 and Matthew 10:33 (cf. Matthew 10:5 , note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:19-20

For these two verses, compare Luke 12:11 , Luke 12:12 , with which there is doubtless a common basis. As the two verses do not seem to have in Luke 12:1-59 . a very close connexion with their context, it is probable that there also, as here, they are taken from a speech of later date. But when they deliver you up, take no thought; be not anxious (Revised Version); Matthew 6:25 , note. So also Luke 12:2 ; but Luke 21:14 goes further, and forbids the disciples to "meditate... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 10:19-20

Take no thought - That is, be not anxious or unduly solicitous. See the notes at Matthew 6:25. This was a full promise that they should be inspired, and was a most seasonable consolation. Poor, and ignorant, and obscure fishermen would naturally be solicitous what they should say before the great men of the earth. Eastern people regarded kings as raised far above common mortals - as approaching to divinity. How consoling, then, the assurance that God would aid them and speak within them! read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 10:19

Matthew 10:19. But take no thought how or what ye shall speak When you are compelled to appear before such personages be not anxiously careful about your defence there, or how you shall answer for yourselves, but cheerfully confide in the divine direction, which shall certainly be given you, and shall be abundantly sufficient for you. The apostles being, in general, persons of a low education, and wholly unacquainted with the laws of the different countries whither they were to go, and with... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 10:5-42

62. The twelve sent out (Matthew 10:5-42; Mark 6:7-13; Luke 9:1-6)Jesus sent out the twelve apostles to preach the good news that the kingdom of the Messiah had come. The miraculous powers of the Messiah were given to them also, so that the knowledge of his love and mercy might spread more quickly throughout the land (Luke 9:1-2).There would be no time during Jesus’ lifetime to spread the gospel worldwide, so the apostles had to concentrate on Israel. After Jesus’ death and resurrection they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 10:19

they deliver you up. All texts read "they shall have delivered you up". take no thought = be not anxious (as in Matthew 6:25 , Matthew 6:27 , Matthew 6:28 , Matthew 6:31 , Matthew 6:34 ). shall = should. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 10:20

the Spirit = the Spirit (Himself). See App-101 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 10:19

But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.This is one of the strongest statements in the New Testament of that inspiration which guided the apostles into all truth. It is surprising that this text is not more often cited in that connection. From the epistles of Cyprian comes this statement "And ought not the same texts to be... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:16-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:16-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:16-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:19-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 10:19-20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 10:19

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 10:5-42

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 10:19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 10:20

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 10:19

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