Luke 10:1

After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
KJV

Μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἀνέδειξεν ὁ κύριος καὶ ἑτέρους ἑβδομήκοντα, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς ἀνὰ δύο πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ εἰς πᾶσαν πόλιν καὶ τόπον οὗ ἤμελλεν αὐτὸς ἔρχεσθαι.
Greek NT

Post hæc autem designavit Dominus et alios septuaginta duos : et misit illos binos ante faciem suam in omnem civitatem et locum, quo erat ipse venturus.
Vulgate

Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself was about to come.
ASV

And after these things, the Lord appointed also other seventy-two. And he sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself was to come.
Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

22 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός

autos

pronoun · 5564×

δέ

conjunction · 2781×

δύο

duo

adjective · 132×

εἰς

eis

preposition · 1769×

καί

kai

conjunction · 8973×

κύριος

kurios

noun · 717×

μέλλω

mello

verb · 110×

μετά

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial

SBLGNT: καὶ | Treg/RP: καὶ

καὶ — SBLGNT
καὶ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont

source: sblgnt-apparatus

trivial

SBLGNT: δύο | WH/NIV: δύο

δύο — SBLGNT
δύο — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)

source: sblgnt-apparatus

trivial

SBLGNT: δύο | WH/NIV: δύο

δύο — SBLGNT
δύο — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)

source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

§765The Lord Jesus endowed his community with a structure that will remain until the Kingdom is fully achieved. Before all else there is the choice of the Twelve with Peter as their head.168 Representing the twelve tribes of Israel, they are the foundation stones of the new Jerusalem.169 The Twelve and the other disciples share in Christ's mission and his power, but also in his lot…

Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses)

The twelve apostles were not a type of the æons. 1. If, again, they maintain that the twelve apostles were a type only of that group of twelve æons which Anthropos in conjunction with Ecclesia produced, then let them produce ten other apostles as a type of those ten remaining æons, who, as they declare, were produced by Logos and Zoe. For it is unreasonable to suppose that the …

Summa Theologica

Does perfection bear any relation to charity? Can one be perfect in this life? Does the perfection of this life consist chiefly in observing the counsels or the commandments? Is whoever is perfect in the state of perfection? Are prelates and religious especially in the state of perfection? Are all prelates in the state of perfection? Which is the more perfect, the episcopal or …

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary

Cross-references

1Thess 5:12 — And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
1Tim 5:17 — Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Acts 1:21 — Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
Exod 31:6 — And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded
Luke 3:4 — As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Luke 9:1 — Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
Luke 9:2 — And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
Luke 9:52 — And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
Luke 9:52 — And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
Luke 10:17 — And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
Mark 3:14 — And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
Mark 6:7 — And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
Mark 6:7 — And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
Matt 9:38 — Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Matt 10:1 — And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
Num 11:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the co
Num 11:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the co
Num 11:24 — And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
Rom 10:15 — And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!