Luke 10:1

Jesus Sends the Seventy-Two · Luke 10:1–12
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Translations

Modern
After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
Traditional
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.
Literal
Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy-two others and sent them in two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go.
Latin
Post hæc autem designavit Dominus et alios septuaginta duos: et misit illos binos ante faciem suam in omnem civitatem et locum, quo erat ipse venturus.

Original

Greek
English
After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.

Notes

the Lord appointed seventy-two others: The mission of the twelve disciples represented the ministry of Jesus to Israel (9:1–6). This mission represented his outreach to the Gentiles. The number 72 represents the nations of the world. Genesis 10 lists 70 nations in the Hebrew text, but the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint) lists 72.

Luke, who used the Septuagint, likely wrote 72, and then a later scribe changed it to match the Hebrew text. The main idea is that the good news about Jesus and the kingdom of God is for both Jews and Gentiles.

Events

Parallels

Matthew 9:35–38

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Bible, Quotations of the Old Testament in the New Testament Disciple Heal, Healing John (Person) Luke, Gospel of

Topics

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