Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Matthew 10:15
Why was the sin of Sodom less? Because the men of Sodom sinned largely in ignorance, but rejecters of the gospel sin against light.
Why was the sin of Sodom less? Because the men of Sodom sinned largely in ignorance, but rejecters of the gospel sin against light.
Verse Matthew 10:15. _IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT_] Or, _punishment_, - κρισεως. Perhaps not meaning _the day_ of _general judgment_, nor the day of the _destruction of the Jewish state_ by the _Romans_;...
See also Mark 6:8, and Luke 9:3. In both these places the substance of this account is given, though not so particularly as in Matthew. The general subject is the instructions given to the apostles....
7. THE MESSENGERS OF THE KINGDOM. CHAPTER 10 1. The Twelve Disciples. (Matthew 10:1 .) 2. Their Commission. (Matthew 10:5 .) 3. Persecutions Promised. (Matthew 10:16 .) 4. Words of Encouragement....
THE CHARGE TO THE TWELVE. The section forms the second of five passages into which Mt. col lected the sayings of Jesus. The Markan account (Matthew 6:7) is followed by Luke 9:1, but Luke 10:2 (the Sev...
The apostles are to put up at the houses of the worthy, _i.e._ such as are ready to welcome them and their message. The house in Matthew 10:13 is perhaps best understood of that at which they make the...
"When you enter into any city or village, make inquiries as to who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go out of it. When you come into a household, give your greetings to it. If the house is wo...
THE MESSENGERS OF THE KING (Matthew 10:1-4)...
VERILY, &C. See note on Matthew 6:18. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. Which the Lord spoke of as imminent, and coming at the end of that dispensation, had the nation repented....
Christ's Charge to the Apostles This discourse falls naturally into two divisions; of which the first (Matthew 10:5) has reference to the immediate present, the second relates rather to the church of...
Comp. ch. Matthew 11:24....
CHRIST’S CHARGE TO THE APOSTLES This discourse falls naturally into two divisions; of which the first (Matthew 10:5-15) has reference to the immediate present, the second relates rather to the church...
Comp. ch. Matthew 11:24....
Ver 11. "And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. 12. And when ye come into an house, salute it. 13. And if the house be worthy,...
_JESUS SENT OUT THE APOSTLES MATTHEW 10:1-15_ : In this limited commission the Lord sent the apostles to "the lost sheep of the house of Israel." The apostles were sent forth to "preach and to heal....
ΆΜΉΝ (G281) истинно (_см._ Matthew 5:18). ΆΝΕΚΤΌΤΕΡΟΝ _сотр. от_ ΆΝΕΚΤΌΣ (G414) терпимый, сносный, ΈΣΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΕΙΜΊ. ΚΡΊΣΕΩΣ _gen. sing. от_ ΚΡΊΣΙΣ (G2920) суд, "день суда" или...
SECTION 23 JESUS COMMISSIONS TWELVE APOSTLES TO EVANGELIZE GALILEE II. JESUS INSTRUCTS AND CHARGES THE TWELVE HOW THEY ARE TO PROCEED (Parallels; Mark 6:8-11; Luke 9:2-5) TEXT: 10:5-15 A. THEIR WO...
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, IT SHALL BE MORE TOLERABLE (MORE BEARABLE), F...
1 Compare Mar_3:13-19; Luk_6:12-16. See Luk_9:1. 2 There is some variation in the order of the names, as well as of the names themselves, in the lists of the twelve apostles, but they are always found...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 JESUS CHOOSES 12 MEN AND SENDS THEM AS HIS WORKERS 10:1-4 V1 Jesus called his 12 *disciples to come to him. Then he gave them auth...
FOR THE LAND OF SODOM AND GOMORRHA. — The thought implied in the previous verse is now expressly asserted. The cities that stood out, in the history of the world, as most conspicuous for their infamy,...
CHAPTER 9 The King's Ambassadors - Matthew 9:36; Matthew 10:1 I - THE MISSION. Matthew 9:36 - Matthew 10:1 So far the Kin
ἐξετάσατε (ἐκ ἐτάζω, from ἐτεός, true; to inquire as to the truth of a matter). A host to be carefully sought out in each place: not to stay with the first who offers. ἄξιος points to personal moral w...
_Instructions to the missioners_....
_The Twelve: their names, mission, and relative instructions_ (Mark 3:14-19; Mark 6:7-13; Luke 9:1-6)....
γῇ Σ. καὶ Γ.: Sodom and Gomorrah, a byword for great iniquity and awful doom (Isaiah 1:9), γῇ, land for people. ἀνεκτότερον : yet the punishment of these wicked cities, tragic though it was, or the pu...
MISSIONARIES SENT OUT Matthew 10:5-15 For the present, the Twelve were to confine themselves to Jews, because the Lord's ministry was the climax of the Jewish probation and it was desirable that ever...
As a result of this, the King calls, equips, and sends forth His disciples. No work can be done to extend His Kingdom that is not the direct outcome of His compassion. To men in communion with that co...
HE SENDS OUT THE TWELVE Matthew 9:37-38. _“Then He says to His disciples, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest, in order that He may send out th...
CHAPTER 29 MATTHEW'S BEAST Matthew 10:1-17; Mark 2:15-22; Luke 5:29-39. Luke “And Levi made a great feast for Him in his own house; and there was a great multitude of publicans and others who were si...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_Verily, I say to you _That they may not imagine this to be an idle bugbear, (578) Christ declares that those who reject the gospel, will receive more severe punishment than the inhabitants of Sodom....
So long as God gives Him access to the people, He continues His labour of love. Nevertheless, He was conscious of the iniquity that governed the people, although He did not seek His own glory. Having...
VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU,.... This was not all the punishment that should be inflicted on such despisers of the Gospel of Christ, and the ministers of it; as not to enjoy that peace and prosperity wishe...
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. Ver. 15. _It shall be more tolerable_] God can better bear anything th...
_Whosoever shall not receive you_ That is, entertain you kindly; nor, in an obedient manner, hearken to your words, _when you depart, &c., shake off the dust of your feet_ The Jews thought the _land_...
MORE TOLERABLE; their doom shall be less dreadful. They sinned against less light, and were less guilty than those who lived in the days of Christ....
Reception and rejection;...
VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, IT SHALL BE MORE TOLERABLE FOR THE LAND OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT THAN FOR THAT CITY. If, after your salutation, the house be worthy of the honor that a serv...
When He instructs us to pray, He fully intends to answer such prayer, as we see now in His sending forth His twelve disciples. It is precious to see Him exercising authority to communicate authority t...
5-15 The Gentiles must not have the gospel brought them, till the Jews have refused it. This restraint on the apostles was only in their first mission. Wherever they went they must proclaim, The king...
Ver. 11-15. Our Lord had before set them their limits, and appointed them their work, and directed them as to their accoutrements for their journey; here he directeth them their methods. Luke hath muc...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV and that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the judgment than for that city which did not receive the word of His disciples.[403]...
Matthew 10:15 Assuredly G281 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 be G2071 (G5704) tolerable G414 land G1093 Sodom...
“Truly I say to you, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.” And so serious would be their crime that in the Day of Judgment the infam...
INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THEIR GOING OUT (10:9-15). Having declared to them their main responsibilities and objectives Jesus now instructs them about the way in which they are to go about their minist...
Matthew 10:15. The solemn formula, VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, introduces a prophetic denunciation of those who rejected them. THE LAND OF SODOM, etc., the inhabitants of those guilty and doomed cities. T...
THE FIRST PREACHING OF THE TWELVE. The locality from which the Twelve were sent out, and the length of their tour are unknown. But Galilee, where our Lord had Himself labored so long, was doubtless th...
MORE TOLERABLE (ανεκτοτερον). The papyri use this adjective of a convalescent. People in their vernacular today speak of feeling "tolerable." The Galileans were having more privileges than Sodom an...
Matthew 10:1 Jesus giving His Power to His Followers. Note: I. The work Christ's followers were to do. They were to do the mysterious work which the Master had done, and to preach as both He and Joh...
Matthew 10:1. _And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease._ They...
Matthew 10:1. And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. Now the...
CONTENTS: The twelve instructed and sent out. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Thaddaeus, Simon, Judas. CONCLUSION: The ca...
Matthew 10:1. _He called to him his twelve disciples._ Jesus chose twelve that they might sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Luke 22:30. And that they might be the twelve foundations...
REMEMBER THIS! This phrase always introduces a strong statement. GOD WILL SHOW MORE MERCY. These cities were destroyed because of their sins (Genesis 19:1-28). These cities had no opportunity, therefo...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 10:15 IT WILL BE MORE BEARABLE ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. Greater understanding of God’s revelation means greater responsibility. ⇐
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 10:1 The Authoritative Mission of the Messiah’s Messengers. This is Jesus’ second major teaching (see Introduction: Key Themes). It focuses on the disciples’ mission to Israel...
JESUS SENDS OUT THE TWELVE DISCIPLES Matthew 10:1-16 Mark 6:7-13 Luke 9:1-6 Matthew 10:1 And when he had called unto [_him_] his twelve disciples, he gave them power [_against_] unclean spirits, t...
CHAPTER 10 _And when He had called_, &c. Observe that Christ, out of all His disciples, chose principally twelve, as S. Luke shows more at length (vi. 13.). He chose twelve Apostles that they should b...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 10:1. CALLED.—We must distinguish three calls, the first to be disciples; the second to serve as Evangelists; and now the third to the Apostolic office. This call to the Apost...
EXPOSITION For introductory notes to this chapter, see Matthew 9:35. MATTHEW 10:1 Parallel passages: Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1. Th
Shall we turn now in our bibles to the tenth chapter of the gospel of Matthew? In the beginning of the tenth chapter we find Christ sending His disciples out, telling them to go to the lost sheep of t...
1 John 4:17; 2 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 3:7; Ezekiel 16:48; John 15:22;...
SENDING OUT THE TWELVE Matthew 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Scripture for this study opens with the statement, "And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples." We want to speak of the facts t...