Matthew 10:1,Matthew 10:8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 10:1-4

Here we are told, I. Who they were that Christ ordained to be his apostles or ambassadors; they were his disciples, Matt. 10:1. He had called them some time before to be disciples, his immediate followers and constant attendants, and he then told them that they should be made fishers of men, which promise he now performed. Note, Christ commonly confers honours and graces by degrees; the light of both, like that of the morning, shines more and more. All this while Christ had kept these twelve,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 10:1-4

10:1-4 And when he had summoned his twelve disciples, he gave them power over unclean spirits, so that they were able to cast them out, and so that they were able to heal every disease and every sickness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first and foremost Simon, who is called Peter. and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 10:1-4

When we put together the three accounts of the calling of the Twelve ( Matthew 10:1-4 ; Mark 3:13-19 ; Luke 6:13-16 ) certain illuminating facts emerge. (i) He chose them. Luke 6:13 says that Jesus called his disciples, and chose from them twelve. It is as if Jesus' eyes moved over the crowds who followed him, and the smaller band who stayed with him when the crowds had departed, and as if all the time he was searching for the men to whom he could commit his work. As it has been... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 10:1

And when he had called to him his twelve disciples ,.... These persons had been for some time called by the grace of God, and were already the disciples of Christ, and such as were more familiar and intimate with him, than others, that went by that name. They had sat down at his feet, and had received of his words; they had heard his doctrines, and had seen his miracles, and had been by him training up for public work; but as yet had not been called and sent forth to enter on such service:... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 10:1

Twelve disciples - Our Lord seems to have had the twelve patriarchs, heads of the congregation of Israel, in view, in his choosing twelve disciples. That he had the plan of the ancient Jewish Church in his eye is sufficiently evident from Matthew 19:28 ; and from Luke 10:1 ; Luke 22:30 ; John 17:1 , etc., and Revelation 21:12-14 . He gave them power against unclean spirits - The word κατα , against, which our translators have supplied in Italic, is found in many MSS. of good... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 10:1

Verse 1 The calling of the Apostles is here described to us, not as on a former occasion, when the Lord Jesus Christ, intending to prepare them for their office, selected them for admission into his private circle. They are now called to immediate performance, are ordered to prepare themselves for the work, receive injunctions, and, that there may be no want of authority, are endued with the power of the Holy Spirit. Formerly, they were held in expectation of future labor: now, Christ announces... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:1

Parallel passages: Mark 6:7 ; Luke 9:1 . The prayer ( Matthew 9:38 ) is answered in the persons of those who were taught to pray. Christ establishes his new agency. And when he had called unto him . From the circle of the bystanders. His twelve disciples . Who had already been chosen to be specially with him (cf. Matthew 9:35 , note; and Matthew 5:1 ). Twelve. To be heads of the tribes of the new Israel ( Revelation 21:14 ; cf. James 1:1 ; Matthew 19:28 ). Observe that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:1

The twelve apostles. The commission of the twelve follows immediately on the expression of our Lord's compassion for the forlorn flock without a shepherd, and his more cheering view of the multitude as a ripe harvest-field only waiting for the reapers. They were the first response to the prayer for more labourers. I. GOD WORKS THROUGH HUMAN AGENTS . The Old Testament had its prophets, the New its apostles. The sheep are scattered if true pastors are wanting; the harvest is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:1

The power to impart power. "He gave them power." It does not strike us as remarkable that, being what Jesus was, he should have power over sickness, disease, disability, and even death. But it certainly is unusual, remarkable, and most suggestive, that our Lord was able to give his power to others, and enable others to do the healing work that he did. There have been men with a genius for magic. They had it , but they were never able to impart it. There have been men with a strange... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:1-4

The mission of the twelve. I. THE CALL . 1 . The number , lie called unto him his twelve disciples. He had many more. He called these twelve. There seems to be a symbolical meaning in the number. We see plainly in the Book of the Revelation that twelve is the number of the Church. Three is the signature of God; four of the world; twelve, the product of three and four, points to God as entering into relations with the world, making a covenant with the Church which he hath called... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 10:1-4

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 10:1-4

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 10:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 10:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 10:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 10:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:1-4

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