Verse 6
The son of peace - In the Jewish style, a man who has any good or bad quality is called the son of it. Thus, wise men are called the children of wisdom, Matthew 11:19 ; Luke 7:35 . So, likewise, what a man is doomed to, he is called the son of, as in Ephesians 2:3 , wicked men are styled the children of wrath: so Judas is called the son of perdition, John 17:12 ; and a man who deserves to die is called, 2 Samuel 12:5 , a son of death. Son of peace in the text not only means a peaceable, quiet man, but one also of good report for his uprightness and benevolence. It would have been a dishonor to this mission, had the missionaries taken up their lodgings with those who had not a good report among them who were without.
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