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
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:12-15
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