Went (διηρχοντο). Imperfect middle, continuous and repeated action made plainer also by three present participles (εξερχομενοι, ευ…

Went through the towns.—Better, villages, as more consistent with the rendering of the word in Matthew 14:15.

St. Cyril of Alexandria: It was fitting that those appointed as ministers of holy teaching should be able to work miracles, an…

Luke concludes this section with a summary of the mission of the Twelve, including another reference to preaching and healing. Their instructions h…

And they departed
That is, the apostles, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it: they went from Christ, and th…

Christ sent His twelve disciples out, who by this time were able to teach others what they had received from the Lord. They were not to be anxious …