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I sent you to reap that for which you haven`t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."
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Commentators agree that when Jesus mentions "others" who have labored, He is referring to those who prepared the way for the gospel. This includes the Old Testament prophets, John the Baptist, and most significantly, Jesus Himself. The disciples' mission was to reap a harvest from soil that had been cultivated for generations.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I sent you. In the commission given to you to preach the gospel. You have not labored or toiled in preparing the way for the great harvest…
I sent (εγω απεστειλα). Emphatic use of εγω and first aorist active indicative of αποστελλω common in John for to send.
19th Century
Anglican
I sent you to reap . . .—The pronouns are again emphatic. I sent you to reap; and the statement is of w…
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Baptist
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. …
The disciples would not have to wait indefinitely for the result of their mission; the sowing and reaping could go on together. Jesus implied that …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I sent you to reap To preach the Gospel, and gather in souls by your ministry; referring to the mission of them in (…
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The disciples wondered that Christ talked so with a Samaritan. Yet they knew it was for some good reason and for some good end. So, when particular…
13th Century
Catholic
Since the disciples were slow to understand the Lord’s figure of speech, the Lord now explains it.
First, we have its explanation,…
