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Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
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A Mission of Real Danger
Commentators unanimously agree that Jesus is sending his disciples into a genuinely dangerous situation. The imagery of "lambs among wolves" is not an exaggeration. Scholars describe the disciples as harmless and defenseless, while the "wolves" represent malicious, cruel, and cunning people who would seek to devour them. The mission required taking one's life into one's hands.
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As lambs (ως αρνας). Here again the same language as that in Mt 10:16 except that there "sheep" (προβατα) appears instead of "lamb…
19th Century
Anglican
As lambs among wolves.—See Note on Matthew 10:16.
Baptist
"Defenseless, harmless, into the midst of those who would devour you if I did not send you. It would be foolhardiness to go on your own account; bu…
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Although the harvest imagery in Scripture usually refers to God’s intervention in history through gathering his people together (cf.[Reference Matt…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Go your ways Into all the villages, towns, cities, and places, where he directed them to go, to make ready for him.<…
Presbyterian
Christ sent the seventy disciples, two and two, that they might strengthen and encourage one another. The ministry of the gospel calls people to re…
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