Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.
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Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.
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And whatsoever housse ye enter into there abyde and thence departe.
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And whatsoeuer house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
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Passages linked to Luke 9:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 10:11 Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.
- Mark 6:10 He said to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there.
- Luke 10:5-8 Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’ If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don’t go from house to house. Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.
- Acts 16:15 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain When you depart out of any city, depart from…
When you depart out of any city, depart from thence where you first took up your lodging: so that in few words, the Lord forbiddeth them to change their lodgings: for this publishing of the Gospel, was as it were a thorough passage, that none of Judea might pretend ignorance, as though he had not heard that Christ was come.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And whatsoever house ye enter into,.... In any town,…
And whatsoever house ye enter into,.... In any town, or city, they should come to in their journey through Judea, and should enter into for the sake of lodging, during their stay:
there abide; do not shift quarters, or move from house to house:
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and thence depart; the house you come into first, go out of last, when ye leave the town or city. The Vulgate Latin and Persic versions read, and thence do not depart: and so Beza says it is read in a certain copy, but then the sense is the same, as the Ethiopic version renders it, "do not go out from thence, until ye depart"; that is, do not leave the house, till you depart out of the town or city; agreeably to which is the Arabic version, "remain in it until the time of your going out"; See Gill on Mat 10:11.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain There abide and thence depart - That is, stay…
There abide and thence depart - That is, stay in that house till ye leave the city.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 4. There abide, and thence depart.] That is,…
Verse 4. There abide, and thence depart.] That is, remain in that lodging till ye depart from that city. Some MSS. and versions add μη, which makes the following sense: There remain, and depart NOT thence. See Clarke on Mt 10:11.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And depart[1] not from thence. In the ordinary Greek…
And depart[1] not from thence. In the ordinary Greek copies we find, and depart from thence. The sense appears, by the other evangelists, (Matthew x. 11. and Mark vi. 10.) that Christ gave this admonition to his disciples, not to change their lodging from house to house; but while they staid in a town, to remain in the same house. And though the negative be here omitted in the Greek, interpreters bring it to the same, by telling us that the sense is, stay here, and depart from thence; i.e. stay in that house, so that leaving the town, you may depart from the same house. (Witham)
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Et ind ne exeatis, but in the ordinary Greek copies, without ne, Greek: kai ekeithen exerchesthe.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. whatsoever house ye enter] After enquiring who were…
4. whatsoever house ye enter] After enquiring who were the worthiest people to receive them, Mat_10:11, com]), infra Luk_10:5-8. This injunction was meant to exclude fastidious and restless changes.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and…
And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. On entering any new place they were to select, after due and careful inquiry, (Mat_10:11) a family likely and able to assist them in their evangelistic work. This "house" they were to endeavour to make the centre of their efforts in that locality. This rule we find continued in the early years of Christianity. In the history of the first Churches, certain "houses" in the different cities were evidently the centres of the mission work there. We gather this from such expressions in St. Paul"s letters as the Church which is in his house". (comp., too, Act_16:40, where the house of Lydia was evidently the head-quarters of all missionary work in Philippi and its neighbourhood)
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And whatsoever house ye enter into
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And whatsoever house ye enter into
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Fireside preaching
They went from town to town, receiving hospitality, or rather taking it for themselves, according to custom.
The guest in the East has many privileges; he is superior to the master of the house, who has the greatest confidence in him. This fireside preaching is admirably adapted to the propagation of new doctrines. The hidden treasure is communicated, and payment is thus made for what is received; politeness and good feeling lend their aid; the household is touched and converted. Remove Oriental hospitality, and it would be impossible to explain the propagation of Christianity. Jesus, who adhered strongly to good old customs, encouraged His disciples to make no scruple of profiting by this ancient public right, probably already abolished in the great towns where there were hostelries. Once installed in any house, they were to remain there, eating and drinking what was offered them, as long as their mission lasted. (Renan.)
Willing hospitality
When travelling in the East no one need ever scruple to go into the best house of any Arab village to which he comes, and he will always be received with profuse and gratuitous hospitality. From the moment we entered any house it was regarded as our own. There is not an Arab you meet who will not empty for you the last drop in his water-skin, or share with you his last piece of black bread. The Rabbis said that paradise was the reward of willing hospitality. (Schottgen.)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:4 stay in the same house: They were to…
9:4 stay in the same house: They were to develop lasting relationships and be content without seeking better lodging or provisions.
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