Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 10:10
10:10 Nor scrip for [your] journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his {d} meat.(d) God will provide you with food. read more
10:10 Nor scrip for [your] journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his {d} meat.(d) God will provide you with food. read more
10:11 {5} And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.(5) Happy are they that receive the preaching of the gospel: and unhappy are they that refuse it. read more
10:13 And if the house be worthy, let your {e} peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.(e) It is an idiom taken from the Hebrews, by which they meant every type of happiness. read more
10:16 {6} Behold, I send you forth as {f} sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and {g} harmless as doves.(6) Christ shows how the ministers must behave themselves under the cross.(f) You will be in great danger.(g) You will not so much as take revenge for an injury: and by the mixing of these beast’s natures together, he will not have our wisdom to be malicious, nor our simplicity mad, but a certain form of good nature which is composed exquisitely of both of them. read more
10:17 But beware of {h} men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;(h) For in the cause of religion men are wolves to each other. read more
10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have {i} gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.(i) Bring to an end, that is, you will not have gone through all the cities of Israel and preached in them. read more
10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house {k} Beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of his household?(k) It was the idol of the Acronites, which we call the god of flies. read more
10:26 {l} Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.(l) Truth will not always be hidden. read more
When He instructs us to pray, He fully intends to answer such prayer, as we see now in His sending forth His twelve disciples. It is precious to see Him exercising authority to communicate authority to them over evil spirits, sickness and disease; for He is far more than God's servant: He is Lord. In fact, He sends forth the very servants whom He had instructed to pray that He would send labourers into His harvest. The names are given here in groups of two. Simon Peter is called "the first"'... read more
Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 10:9
10:9 {4} Provide {c} neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,(4) The ministers of the word must cast away all cares that might hinder them, even the least of them.(c) For this journey, namely, both that nothing might hinder them, and also that they might feel some taste of God’s providence: for at their return back, the Lord asked of them whether they lacked anything by the way, Lu 22:35 . read more