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Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 10:1-42

Luke 10:1 . The Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two. This was after the twelve had returned, and brought reports of the eager cries of the people for the word of life. Some old copies of the Greek read, seventy two, which is followed by the Vulgate. Some rabbins persisted in writing seventy two for seventy, because Eldad and Medad had prophesied in the camp. He wisely sent them two and two, that one might the better assist the other; that they might the more edify... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 10:13-15

Luke 10:13-15Woe unto theeThe sentence of ChorazinWe may conceive some inhabitant of these Jewish towns demanding with astonishment, How can these things be?Shall we who are the children of Abraham be rejected, and the heathen be preferred in our stead? The Almighty Judge, we may hence collect, in the apportioning of rewards and punishments, regards not the actual amount of profligacy or virtue, but takes into consideration also the means of improvement enjoyed, the kind of information and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 10:13

13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. Ver. 13. See Matthew 11:21 . read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 10:13

unto: Matthew 11:20-Song of Solomon : for: Ezekiel 3:6, Ezekiel 3:7, Acts 28:25-Hosea :, Romans 9:29-Micah :, Romans 11:8-1 Kings :, 1 Timothy 4:2 Tyre: Isaiah 23:1-Job :, Ezekiel 26:1 - Ezekiel 28:26 which: Luke 9:10-Esther :, Mark 8:22-Ezekiel : repented: Job 42:6, Isaiah 61:3, Daniel 9:3, John 3:5, John 3:6 Reciprocal: Jonah 3:6 - and covered Mark 6:45 - unto Bethsaida John 1:44 - Bethsaida Acts 21:3 - Tyre read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 10:13

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.Wo to thee, Chorazin — The same declaration Christ had made some time before. By repeating it now, he warns the seventy not to lose time by going to those cities. Matthew 11:21. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:1-16

§ 80. COMMISSIONING OF THE SEVENTY, Luke 10:1-16 . Our Lord having finally withdrawn his rejected ministry from Northern Palestine, and having arrived at the northern boundary of Judea on his last setting his face in that direction, proceeds to perform, in the midst of apparent dejection, a public symbol of future triumph. He selects from the messengers mentioned in the last chapter, from the candidates so well sifted in its closing verses, and probably from some of his friends in Judea, a... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:13

13. Woe… Chorazin… Bethsaida As Jesus has just left these cities, this is the last sad reference he makes to them. It expresses in language what the wiping the dust from the feet does in action. And this verse indicates that the sending forth of the seventy could have been on no later occasion. read more

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