Matthew 10:1

CONTENTS

In this Chapter we have the call of the Apostles, and Christ's mission given to them, to work miracles, and preach the Gospel.

(Matthew 10:1 ) "And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease."

We have here the Lord Jesus calling his Apostles. Their number twelve. Perhaps in allusion to the twelve tribes of Israel. The Church is. represented by twelve stars. Revelation 12:1 . And the twelve foundations of the New Jerusalem are not without the same signification. Revelation 11:12-14 . Yea, Jesus speaks of them, as sitting upon thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel. Luke 22:30 . The call of every disciple of Christ is the same. The Holy Ghost, by Peter, shews that the election of the church is discoverable by it. 2 Peter 1:10 . For if ho hath saved us, he will call us. 2 Timothy 1:9 . And whom he called, them he also justified. Romans 8:30 . Oh! how truly evident this is, in the life of every believer. And in his ministers who are sent by him (and those unsent by him have no authority at all), how sure the spiritual effects which follow. Jesus' word, by them, works over unclean spirits; and all soul diseases, and sicknesses, in Jesus' name and power are healed.