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<strong>Commentary</strong> on Matthew, Mark, Luke - Volume 2
admit, that the form of expression is the same as in the corresponding clause. 28 Besides, Chrysostom,
whose native language was Greek, passes over this matter, as if there were no room for debate. Not
only is this meaning more appropriate, but it corresponds to a former clause, in which it was said,
that God was justified by the people, (v. 29.) Although many apostates may revolt from the Church
of God, yet, among all the elect, who truly belong to the flock, the faith of the Gospel will always
remain uninjured.
LUKE 10:1-12
Luke 10:1-12
1. And after these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two by two
before his face into every city and place, to which he was to come 2. He said, therefore to them,
The harvest is indeed abundant, but the laborers are few; pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest
to send out the laborers into his harvest 3. Go: behold, I send you as lambs among wolves. 4. Carry
neither purse, nor bag nor shoes, and salute no man by the way. 5. Into whatsoever house you shall
enter, first say, Peace be to this house. 6. And if the son of peace will remain upon it: but if not,
it will return to you. 7. And remain in the same house eating and drinking those things which shall
be given by them; 29 for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. 8. And into
whatsoever city you shall enter, and they shall receive you, eat those things which are set before
you: 9. And cure the diseased who are in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God is nigh to you.
10. And in whatsoever city you shall enter, and they shall not receive you, go out into its streets
and say, 11. Even the dust, which has cleaved to us from your city, we wipe off against you: yet
know this, that the kingdom of God is nigh to you. 12. I say to you, That in that day it will be more
tolerable for Sodom than for that day.
Luke 10:1. And after these things the Lord appointed That the Apostles had returned to Christ
before these seventy were substituted in their room, may be inferred from many circumstances. The
twelve, therefore, were sent to awaken in the Jews the hope of an approaching salvation. After their
return, as it was necessary that higher expectation should be excited, others were sent in greater
numbers, as secondary heralds, to spread universally in every place the report of Christ’s coming.
Strictly speaking, they received no commission, but were only sent by Christ as heralds, to prepare
the minds of the people for receiving his doctrine. As to the number seventy, he appears to have
followed that order to which the people had already been long accustomed. We must bear in mind
28 “On void bien que la ce mot De se rapporte a la personne qui fait, et non pas a celuy qui souffre;” — “It is very evident
that the word By relates to the person that acts, and not to him who suffers.”
29 “Mangeans et beuvans de ce qui sera mis devant vous;” — “eating and drinking of what shall be set before you.”
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John Calvin