Matthew 10:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:5-15

The Lord's charge to his apostles. I. DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR IMMEDIATE MISSION . 1 . It leas to be confined to the house of Israel. This was a temporary limitation; it was wholly removed at the ascension. The Lord himself entered into the city of the Samaritans; lie healed the daughter of the Syro-Phoenician woman. But for the present the apostles were to preach only to the Jews; it was necessary that the gospel should be first offered unto them; they were the covenant... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:8

We have here the details of the orders summarized in Matthew 10:1 . The details are not given in Luke 9:1 , Luke 9:2 or Luke 10:9 . Heal the sick , etc. According to the true order of these commands, solely physical ills are mentioned first in their partial ( sick ) and in their final effect (dead); then physical and ceremonial pollution ( lepers ), which forms a transition to the mention of ills primarily spiritual, even though they ultimately affect the body ( devils ) .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:8

The free use of freely given powers. "Freely ye have received, freely give." Some of our Lord's directions were suitable only for the occasion, and only after much forcing can they be made illustrative of permanent principles; but our text gives succinctly the absolute law on which Christian work must be done and always done. We are monuments of mercy; we must be dispensers of mercy. We are saved by grace; we must be ready to save and help others, "hoping for nothing again," "without money... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 10:8

Freely ye have received, freely give - That is, they were not to sell their favors of healing, preaching, etc. They were not to make a money-making business of it, to bargain specifically to heal for so much, and to cast out devils for so much. This, however, neither then nor afterward precluded them from receiving a competent support. See Luke 10:7; 1Co 9:8-14; 1 Timothy 5:18. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 10:7-8

Matthew 10:7-8. And as ye go, preach Κηρυσσετε , proclaim, namely, with ardour and zeal, as becomes my heralds. The word is derived from κηρυξ , a herald. “Probably,” says Doddridge, “they were to make this proclamation with a loud voice, as they passed through the streets of the towns they went to, as Jonah delivered his message to Nineveh.” The kingdom of heaven is at hand Ηγγικεν , hath approached. Publish everywhere the glad tidings of the approach of the Messiah’s kingdom,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 10:5-42

62. The twelve sent out (Matthew 10:5-42; Mark 6:7-13; Luke 9:1-6)Jesus sent out the twelve apostles to preach the good news that the kingdom of the Messiah had come. The miraculous powers of the Messiah were given to them also, so that the knowledge of his love and mercy might spread more quickly throughout the land (Luke 9:1-2).There would be no time during Jesus’ lifetime to spread the gospel worldwide, so the apostles had to concentrate on Israel. After Jesus’ death and resurrection they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 10:8

the sick = sick ones. the lepers = leprous ones. the dead = dead people. See App-139 . devils = demons. Compare Matthew 10:1 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 10:8

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons; freely ye received, freely give.There is no suggestion here that Judas was in any manner excluded from the power and ability conveyed by this commission, if Judas was, even at this hour, a servant of Satan, it would lend color to the charge of the Pharisees that Jesus cast out demons by the prince of demons. Of course, no such thing occurred. Therefore, this is proof that at the time of the commissioning of the Twelve, Judas... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 10:8

Matthew 10:8. Raise the dead— In several copies this clause is wanting; for which reason, and because the disciples did not raise any person from the dead whom we read of, till after Christ's ascension, Dr. Mill takes it for an interpolation. But his opinion is ill-founded; as it is certain that this, with several other articles in the apostles' first commission, have a direct relation to the period comprehended under that more extensive commission which they received after their Master's... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 10:8

8. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils—(The italicized clause—"raise the dead"—is wanting in many manuscripts). Here we have the first communication of supernatural power by Christ Himself to His followers—thus anticipating the gifts of Pentecost. And right royally does He dispense it. freely ye have received, freely give—Divine saying, divinely said! (Compare Deuteronomy 15:10; Deuteronomy 15:11; Acts 3:6) —an apple of gold in a setting of silver (Acts 3:6- :).... read more

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