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Matthew 10:5 is the fifth verse in the tenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. In sending out the apostles on their first mission, [1] Jesus directs them as to where they are not to go.
Vocation of the Apostles, a fresco in the Sistine Chapel by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1481-82. The commissioning of the Twelve Apostles is an episode in the ministry of Jesus that appears in all three Synoptic Gospels: Matthew 10:1–4, Mark 3:13–19 and Luke 6:12–16. It relates the initial selection of the Twelve Apostles among the disciples of ...
The Apostles receiving the Little Commission are directed to enter only the towns of the "lost sheep of the house of Israel" in verse 6, but verse 18 mentions that they will also be a witness to "governors, kings and the Gentiles" while in those towns. [2] [3] In contrast, the Great Commission is specifically directed to all nations. This has ...
Matthew 10:1 is the first verse of the tenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. In this verse, Jesus gathers his disciples and grants them healing powers in what is known as the commissioning the twelve apostles.
The "seventy disciples" or "seventy-two disciples" (known in the Eastern Christian traditions as the "Seventy Apostles") were early emissaries of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. [61] According to Luke, the only gospel in which they appear, Jesus appointed them and sent them out in pairs on a specific mission which is detailed in the text.
Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Inserting 'behold' into the midst of his commission of the Twelve Apostles draws attention to what Jesus begins to say here. [1] It marks off this section as distinct from the preceding part of his instruction to the disciples.
Also known to have written the book of Acts (or Acts of the Apostles) and to have been a close friend of Paul of Tarsus; John – a disciple of Jesus and the youngest of his Twelve Apostles; They are called evangelists, a word meaning "people who proclaim good news", because their books aim to tell the "good news" ("gospel") of Jesus. [5]
The calling of the disciples is a key episode in the life of Jesus in the New Testament. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It appears in Matthew 4 :18–22, Mark 1 :16-20 and Luke 5 :1–11 on the Sea of Galilee . John 1 :35–51 reports the first encounter with two of the disciples a little earlier in the presence of John the Baptist .