Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Luke 10:8

"And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:" — Luke 10:8 (ASV)

It is not clear whether the messengers feared being offered food prohibited to Jews. These words may have been preserved because of their appropriateness to later situations (cf. Acts 10:9–16; 1 Corinthians 10:27).