As you enter into the household, greet it.
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As you enter into the household, greet it.
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And when ye come in to an housse salute the same.
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And when yee come into an house, salute the same.
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Passages linked to Matthew 10:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 25:6 Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have!
- Luke 10:5-6 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.
- Acts 10:36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all—
- 2 Corinthians 5:20 We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
- 3 John 1:14 but I hope to see you soon. Then we will speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 12 And when ye come into an house, salute…
12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.
Ver. 12. And when ye come into an house] Into the synagogues and other places of public meeting, our Saviour sends them not as yet, because they were but young beginners and lacked boldness and other abilities; but bids them teach privately, catechise from house to house, and not stretch the wing beyond the nest till better fledged and fitted for flight.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And if the house be worthy,.... If the family,…
And if the house be worthy,.... If the family, and particularly the master of it, appeared to be civil, courteous, friendly, and hospitable, upon such a salutation, and ready to receive and embrace them, and provide for them,
let your peace come upon it, or it shall come upon it; the imperative for the future, which is not unusual; and so read the Syriac and Vulgate Latin. The sense is, the peace the apostles wished for, in their form of salutation, should come, and abide on the family; for not the Gospel of peace, and the preaching of it, are here meant, but the salutation itself, or the things desired in it, which should be granted, and the house be blessed for their sake, and as a reward of their generosity, and hospitality:
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but if it be not worthy: does not prove to be what it was said to be, and they expected; namely, to be generous, liberal, and beneficent; but, on the contrary, uncivil and churlish, should neglect their salutation, discover an unwillingness to receive them, and turn their backs upon them:
let your peace return to you, or "it shall return to you"; the happiness wished for shall not come upon them, and the prayers and good wishes of the apostles shall be void, and of none effect, with respect to that family, but should be made good to themselves; and they should be directed to another house, where they should find persons more generous and free to entertain them.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Salute it - In the usual Jewish form, "Peace…
Salute it - In the usual Jewish form, "Peace (that is, all blessings) be to this house."
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. Salute it] Λεγουτες, ειρηνη εν τω οικω…
Verse 12. Salute it] Λεγουτες, ειρηνη εν τω οικω τουτω, saying, "Peace be to this house." This clause, which, as explanatory of the word ασπασασθε, is necessary to the connection in which it now stands, is added, by the MSS. D and L, and forty-three others, the Armenian, Ethiopic, Slavonic, Saxon, Vulgate, all the copies of the old Itala, Theophylact, and Hilary. The clause is also found in several modern versions. The modern Greek has λεγοντες· ειρηνη εις το σκηπρι τουτο. The Italian, by Matthew, of Erberg, and of Diodati, renders it thus: Pace sia a questa casa. Peace be to this house.
It is found also in Wickliff, and in my old MS. Seyinge, pees be to this hous. Some suppose it is an addition taken from Luke; but there is nearly as much reason to believe he took it from Matthew.
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Peace, שלום, among the Hebrews, had a very extensive meaning: - it comprehended all blessings, spiritual and temporal. Hence that saying of the rabbins, גדול שלום שכל הברכות כלולות בו Gadal shalom, shecol haberacoth culoloth bo. Great is PEACE, for all other blessings are comprehended in it. To wish peace to a family, in the name and by the authority of Christ, was in effect a positive promise, on the Lord's side, of all the good implied in the wish. This was paying largely even beforehand. Whoever receives the messengers of God into his house confers the highest honour upon himself, and not upon the preacher, whose honour is from God, and who comes with the blessings of life eternal to that man and his family who receives him.
In India, it is customary for a way-faring man, when night draws on, to enter a house, and simply say, "Sir, I am a guest with you this night." If the owner cannot lodge him, he makes an apology, and the traveller proceeds to another house.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Peace be to, &c. Heb. shalom, "peace be to…
Peace be to, &c. Heb. shalom, "peace be to you." The custom of salutation here recommended by our Saviour to his disciples, as St. Jerome informs us, was very prevalent among the Hebrews and Syrians. --- This was an ordinary salutation among the Jews, by which they wished happiness and prosperity. (Witham)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain And when ye come into an house--or "the house,"…
And when ye come into an house--or "the house," but it means not the worthy house, but the house ye first enter, to try if it be worthy.
salute it--show it the usual civilities.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Salute it — According to the customary form…
12. Salute it — According to the customary form among the Jews, namely, “Peace be to this house.” But this was not to be a mere form. In that phrase of technical politeness, religion should breathe a divine power. It is not a compliment, but a prayer and a blessing.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. when ye come into a house] Translate, when…
12. when ye come into a house] Translate, when ye are entering into the house, i. e. the house of him who is indicated as “worthy.” The injunction to remain in the same house was, perhaps, partly to avoid feasting from house to house, partly for the sake of secrecy—a necessary precaution in after times. Such “worthy” hosts of the Church afterwards were Lydia at Philippi (“If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there.” Act_16:15), Jason at Thessalonica, Gaius perhaps at Derbe, see Rom_16:23. This kind of general hospitality is still recognised as a duty in the East, where indeed it may be regarded as a necessity.
salute it] Saying “Peace be unto you,” (shalom l’cha,) the usual salutation at this day.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) When ye come into an house.—The English indefinite…
(12) When ye come into an house.—The English indefinite article is misleading. We must read “into the house,” i.e., the dwelling of the man who had been reported as worthy. The salutation, as the words that follow imply, was the familiar, “Peace be with thee—Peace be to this house” (Luk_10:5).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 12, 13. Parallel passage: Luk_10:5, 6 (the seventy).…
Vers. 12, 13. Parallel passage: Luk_10:5, 6 (the seventy). Your very entrance is to be an occasion of imparting spiritual blessing if the house be receptive of it.
And when ye come; and as ye enter (Revised Version), synchronous with the moment of your entrance. (cf. Luk_17:12) Into a house; the house (Revised Version); i.e. of him who is worthy. Salute it. With the usual greeting of "Peace". (Jud_1:18:15 1Sa_25:5, 1Sa_25:6) Observe that Christ practised what he preached. (Joh_20:19 Luk_24:3)
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And if the house be worthy.
Mat_10:12-13
And if the house be worthy.
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The happy family
Illustrate the transcendent importance of religion by presenting some of the leading characteristics of the family which is governed by its influence.
I. The general aim of its arrangements.
II. Its department of education.
III. Its every-day pursuits-its ordinary habits and dispositions.
IV. Amid the sacred employment of the sabbath,
V. In its seasons of prosperity and adversity.
VI. In its final union in heaven. (J. Nilson, A. M.)
The peaceful salutation
1. The clergyman is to be the minister of peace.
2. But it all depends upon adaptation-the peace is to the house, but the question whether the house or any one in it can say, the peace turns upon the point of adaptation. If the house is worthy i.e., if there be fitness in the house to receive it. What that peace means:
1. It is peace with God.
2. It is peace through the blood of Jesus Christ.
3. It is a peace within.
4. It is peace with the whole world. (J. Vaughan M. A.)
Spiritual adaptation
It is a principle which pervades everything. To select the congenial soil, or by art to make it congenial to the seed, is the secret of husbandry. The man of physical science is certain of the properties and powers of natural substances; but his difficulty is to secure that the state of the recipient match with its virtues. In the most exquisite and delicate of modern inventions, the capability of the ray of light to leave its impression, is invariable and undoubted; the science lies in procuring a material which is capable to take and to retain it. Nothing lives, nothing really exercises its being, but in that to which it stands in a certain sympathy and proportion. So grace is to the gracious, and peace to the men of peace. (J. Vaughan M. A.)
Saluting a house
When a Persian enters an assembly, after having left his shoes without, he makes the usual salutation of Peace be unto you, which is addressed to the whole assembly-as it were, saluting the house. (Morier.)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 12. When you come into an house, salute it.…
12. When you come into an house, salute it. Courteously salute the household.
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain Parable of the straying sheep:
Parable of the straying sheep:
v. 12. How think ye? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
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v. 13. And if so be that he find it, verily, I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
v. 14. Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
A most effective comparison! The picture is that of a mountain meadow, where the shepherd has taken his flock to give them the full benefit of the rich grass. But now it happens that one goes astray, leaving the richness of the meadow for an occasional hummock of bunch grass, exchanging the safety of the shepherd’s protecting care for the uncertainty of the gullies and canyons, with the danger of rock-slides and bloodthirsty animals. For the shepherd that one sheep then becomes an object of concern. Leaving the other sheep behind him, he climbs up into the pathless mountains, and searches for the stray. And if he has the good fortune to see his toil rewarded, his joy over that one sheep will be greater than that over the others that have not felt the temptation to leave the meadow in search of adventures. Most solemnly Jesus emphasizes, most solemnly He states the conclusion: In the same manner it is not the object of the heavenly Father’s will that even a single one of the lowly and humble disciples be lost, especially not on account of an offense given by a brother in the faith. The Father in heaven has only one will, the will to save; only one desire He has, to save by grace. The idea of a predestination to damnation is as ridiculous as it is blasphemous.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 10:12 give it your blessing: Greetings were more significant…
10:12 give it your blessing: Greetings were more significant than a simple hello. Often, a greeting would convey a blessing for those who received it (cp. Ruth 2:4).
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