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Luke 10

Luke 10:3

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

Modern
Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
Traditional
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
Literal
Go! Behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Latin
Ite: ecce ego mitto vos sicut agnos inter lupos.

Original

Greek
English
Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

Notes

Luke 10:3

lambs among wolves: are not to dominate others, but to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of others. This makes them vulnerable (see Jeremiah 5:6; Ezekiel 22:27; Habakkuk 1:8; Zephaniah 3:3). But the good shepherd protects them from the wolves (Psalm 23:1).

Luke 10:1–20

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) Disciple Heal, Healing Luke, Gospel of

Topics

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