Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Therefore said he - or, 'So He said' unto them, The harvest ... See the notes at Matthew 9:37, and Remarks 1 and 2 at the close of that section.
Verse Luke 10:2. _THAT HE WOULD SEND FORTH_] εκβαλη. There seems to be an allusion here to the case of reapers, who, though the harvest was perfectly ripe, yet were in _no hurry_ to cut it down. News...
See the notes at Matthew 9:36....
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The Seventy Appointed. (Luke 10:1)_ 2. The Return of the Seventy and the True Rejoicing. (Luke 10:17) 3. Jesus Rejoiced in Spirit. (Luke 10:21) 4. The Question of the Lawyer. ...
THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY._ Cf._ p. 665. Lk. has already described the Mission of the Twelve, following Mk.; here he covers the ground again, following Q. Matthew 10 had blended Mk. and Q, but Lk. ke...
After these things the Lord appointed other seventy men and sent them out in twos ahead of him into every town and place where he intended to go. "The harvest is great," he said to them, "but the work...
LABOURERS FOR THE HARVEST (Luke 10:1-16)...
UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 10:9; Luke 10:11. PRAY. Greek. _deomai._ App-134. Implying the senseof need. WOULD. may....
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
_The harvest truly is great_ Compare Matthew 9:37; John 4:35. _sendforth_ The word literally means -drive forth," and though it has lost its full force implies urgency and haste. See similar uses of t...
Luke 10:1-24. THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
Ὁ ΜῈΝ ΘΕΡΙΣΜῸΣ ΠΟΛΎΣ. Compare Matthew 9:37; John 4:35. ἘΚΒΆΛΗΙ. The word literally means ‘drive forth,’ and though it has lost its full force implies urgency and haste. See similar uses of the word in...
VER 1. AFTER THESE THINGS THE LORD APPOINTED OTHER SEVENTY ALSO, AND SENT THEM TWO AND TWO BEFORE HIS FACE INTO EVERY CITY AND PLACE, WHITHER HE HIMSELF WOULD COME. 2. THEREFORE SAID HE TO THEM, THE H...
_THE WORK OF THE SEVENTY -- LUKE 10:1-20:_ The Lord sent out seventy of His followers to carry His message into every village. He said, "The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye...
ΔΕΉΘΗΤΕ _aor. imper. pass. (dep.) от_ ΔΈΟΜΑΙ (G1189) молиться, просить кого-л. о чемл., с _gen._ ΈΚΒΆΛΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΈΚΒΆΛΛΩ (G1544) выгонять, изгонять. _Conj._ с ΌΠΩΣ (G3704) в _obj. прид._,...
AFTER THESE THINGS THE LORD APPOINTED— The scene of Christ's ministry being from this time forth to lie in Judea, and the country beyond Jordan, it was expedient that his way should be prepared in eve...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Preaching the Kingdom (Luke 10:1-24) 10 After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himsel...
1 As the Lord was on His way to celebrate the festival of Ingathering, this,vas actually the time of harvest and He was comparing the physical to the spiritual state of the country. At harvest time th...
THE SEVENTY. THE GOOD SAMARITAN. MARTHA AND MARY 1-16. Choice and mission of the Seventy (peculiar to Lk). Another step in the organisation of the Church. The Seventy receive a subordinate commission,...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 JESUS SENDS OUT MORE *DISCIPLES 10:1-12 V1 After this, the *Lord chose 72 other *disciples and sent them out in pairs. He told them to go ahead of...
THE HARVEST TRULY IS GREAT. — See Note on Matthew 9:37. The verses that follow contain, as might have been expected from the analogous circumstances, much in common with those spoken on the mission of...
ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς : preliminary statement as to the need of men fit to take part in the work of preaching the kingdom, as in Matthew 9:38, _vide_ notes there; a true _logion_ of Jesus, whensoever spoken....
_The Seventy sent forth_, peculiar to Lk. Many questions have been raised as to this narrative, _e.g._, as to its historicity, as to the connection between the instructions to the new missionaries and...
_The instructions_....
THE FORERUNNERS OF THE LORD Luke 10:1-16 In the appointment of the Seventy there was perhaps an allusion to Numbers 11:24-25. In this case, as in that, there was the endowment of conspicuous spiritua...
The mission of the seventy is recorded only by Luke. They went forth, sent by Jesus. They returned glad in the victories they had wrought in His name. He received them, and declared to them the whole...
COMMISSION OF THE SEVENTY EVANGELISTS Luke 10:1-16. Two and a half years of our Lord's ministry have flown away, nearly all spent in Galilee, having made short journeys to Jerusalem, attending two of...
3. _The Sending of the Seventy. Disciples: Luke 10:1-24_. Though Jesus proceeded slowly from city to city, and from village to village, He had but little time to devote to each place. It was therefore...
_The Discourse._ It falls into two parts: Instructions for the mission (Luke 10:2-12), and warnings to the cities of Galilee (Luke 10:13-16). The instructions first explain the reason of this mission...
(1) After these things, the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself would come. (2) Therefore said he unto them, The h...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
2._The harvest is indeed abundant. _I have explained this passage under the ninth chapter of Matthew; (32) but it was proper to insert it again in this place, because it is related for a different pur...
The mission of the seventy follows in chapter 10, a mission important in its character for the development of the ways of God. This character is, in fact, different in some respects from that of the b...
THEREFORE SAID HE UNTO THEM,.... That is, the "Lord Jesus", as the Ethiopic version expresses it; he said to the seventy disciples, what he had before said to the twelve apostles in Matthew 9:37 where...
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly _is_ great, but the labourers _are_ few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. Ver. 2. See Mat...
THE HARVEST; the need and opportunity of preaching the gospel. LABORERS; preachers. Matthew 9:36-38....
THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY. The plenteous harvest:...
THEREFORE SAID HE UNTO THEM, THE HARVEST TRULY IS GREAT, BUT THE LABORERS ARE FEW; PRAY YE THEREFORE THE LORD OF THE HARVEST THAT HE WOULD SEND FORTH LABORERS INTO HIS HARVEST. The Lord was constantly...
THE SENDING OF SEVENTY OTHERS (vs.1-16) As we progress in this Gospel, earthly things tend to recede and heaven comes gradually more into view, specially following the transfiguration (ch.9:8-36) an...
1-16 Christ sent the seventy disciples, two and two, that they might strengthen and encourage one another. The ministry of the gospel calls men to receive Christ as a Prince and a Saviour; and he wil...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 9:37" and SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 9:38", where these words are put immediately before the sending out of the twelve. Both the twelve and the seventy, all that Christ ever sent out,...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I If, then, "the harvest is plenteous, but the labourers few," it is incumbent on us "to pray" that there may be as great abundance of labourers as possible.[13]...
Luke 10:2 Then G3767 said G3004 (G5707) to G4314 them G846 harvest G2326 truly G3303 great G4183 but...
‘And he said to them, “The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the labourers are few, pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.” ' This is the kind of sta...
THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY (TWO) (10:1-9). Following Jesus' call to the three potential disciples Jesus now appoints seventy (or seventy two) disciples to go out two by two as messengers before His f...
THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY. Peculiar to Luke. The labors of this large body of disciples were brief, their mission temporary. The incident has no bearing upon questions of ecclesiastical position. Our...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
Luke 10:2. See on Matthew 9:37, where the same thought precedes the sending out of the Twelve. SEND FORTH. Literally ‘cast forth,' implying urgency....
HARVEST (θερισμος). Late word for the older θερος, summer, harvest. The language in this verse is verbatim what we have in Matthew 9:37; Matthew 9:38 to the Twelve. Why not? The need is the same an...
Our Lord was about to send out seventy disciples to preach the gospel. He had already chosen his twelve apostles; now there must be seventy disciples, something like Moses had seventy elders to serve...
CONTENTS: The 70 sent out. Jesus denounces Judgment on cities. Parable of the good Samaritan. Martha and Mary entertain Jesus. CHARACTERS: Jesus, 70 witnesses, Satan, lawyer, Martha, Mary. CONCLUSION...
Luke 10:1. _The Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two._ This was after the twelve had returned, and brought reports of the eager cries of the people for the word of life. Some o...
THERE IS A LARGE HARVEST. See note on Matthew 9:37, where he said this at a different time....
_The harvest truly is great_ THE GOSPEL HARVEST I. THE STATE OF THINGS WHICH OUR LORD DESCRIBES. 1. A plenteous harvest. (1) A great number of souls. (2) Great diversity in souls. 2. This vast a...
CHAPTER 10 VER. 1. _After these things the Lord also._ Seventy-two. Vulgate. Dorotheus and others profess to give their names, but Eusebius declares that he knew of no written list of these seventy di...
_The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few._ See S. Matthew 9:37....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 10:1. The mission of the seventy is peculiar to St. Luke. We need not be surprised at the silence of the other evangelists, as the office to which these men were called was not a...
EXPOSITION LUKE 10:1 _The mission of the seventy. The Lord_'_s words to them of instruction and direction and warning._ LUKE 10:1 AFTER THESE THINGS THE LORD APPOINTED OTHER SEVENTY ALSO. That is...
Now in chapter 10, we read of this commissioning in the sending forth of the seventy, in the contrast to the twelve of chapter 9. After these things (Luke 10:1) Now He is on His way towards Jerusale...
1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Kings 18:22;...
The harvest [θ ε ρ ι σ μ ο ς]. From qerov, summer (compare qeromai, to become warm). Harvest, that which is gathered in summer. Wyc., much ripe corn is, but few workmen. Pray. See on ch. Luke 8:38....
THE SENDING FORTH OF THE SEVENTY Luke 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have here a most important theme, THE SENDING FORTH OF THE SEVENTY. There are some things in general which we feel led to suggest he...
Pray ye the Lord of the harvest, that he would thrust forth labourers — For God alone can do this: he alone can qualify and commission men for this work. Matthew 9:37....
Note here, 1. That God's church is an harvest field. 2. That the ministers of God are laborers in his harvest, under God the Lord of the harvest. 3. That to God alone it does belong to send forth l...