τότε, then, cannot be pressed. Luke gives the following words in instructions to the Seventy. The real historical occasion is unknown. It may be a reminiscence from the preaching tour in the synagogues of Galilee (Matthew 4:23). The reflections were made after Jesus had visited many towns and wrought many wonderful works (δυνάμεις). οὐ μετενόησαν : this the general fact; no deep, permanent change of mind and heart. Christ appearing among them a nine days' wonder, then forgotten by the majority preoccupied with material interests.

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