35.
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Sickness; s.w. Dt. 7:15. Such deliverance a promised
blessing for faithfulness.
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1.
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Gave them authority etc. and this applied equally to
Judas!
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5.
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Not to the Gentiles — with the implication: Not
yet, but later. Cp.the implication in 5:17 that in time the Law would pass
away.
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6.
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Lost sheep. Gk. text implies: they have chosen to get
lost. Yet still Jesus is compassionatel
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11.
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Enquire — who is worthy. Jesus himself did not do
this when he came to Jericho. But the fact of Zaccheus in a fig tree told him
all that he needed to know.
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12.
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When ye come into an house. Exp. Gk. Test, suggests not
just for hospitality but for preaching; in other words, a home mission; cp. Lk.
10:4.
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13.
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Not worthy. The Gk. is rather sardonic here.
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14.
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Not receive you, nor hear. Two inseparable attitudes.
Even a fine harvest (9:38) may have thistles in it.
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Shake off the dust. Alternatively, is the figure that
of a traveller removing irritating grit from between foot and sandal?
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15.
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The day of judgment; Lk. 10:12: “in that
day”. Cp. Mt. 7:22; 1 Cor. 3:13; 1 Th. 5:4; 2 Tim. 1:12, 18;
4:8.
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