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Luke 10

Luke 10:6

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

Modern
If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you.
Traditional
And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
Literal
And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.
Latin
…et si ibi fuerit filius pacis, requiescet super illum pax vestra: sin autem, ad vos revertetur.

Original

Greek
English
If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you.

Notes

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

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Topics

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