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A Reminder of God's Provision
Commentators agree that Jesus begins by having the disciples recall their first mission (Luke 10:4). He sent them without money or supplies, yet they confirmed they "lacked nothing." This served as a powerful, experience-based reminder of God's complete and faithful provision, intended to build their confidence in His care.
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18th Century
Theologian
When I sent you, etc. See Barnes on Matthew 10:9.
See Barnes on Matthew 10:10.
Lacked you, etc. Did you want anythi…
Without purse (ατερ βαλλαντιου). Money bag or purse. Old word, but in the N.T. only in Luke (10:4; 12:33; 22:35ff.).
19th Century
Bishop
When I sent you without purse, and scrip.—The words refer specifically to the command given to the disciples in Luke 10:4…
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19th Century
Preacher
Strengthen thy brethren. And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. And he said, I tell thee, Pete…
This short passage is difficult to interpret, with two problems in particular: (1) the problem of Jesus’ apparent support for using weapons, which …
16th Century
Theologian
And he said to them. The whole purpose of this discourse of Christ is to show that until now He spared His disciples, so that He did not l…
17th Century
Pastor
And he said to them
To the disciples, as the Persic version reads; not to Peter only, but to them all:
17th Century
Minister
How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon Himself the form of a servant a…