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Luke 10:1

What does Luke 10:1 mean?

A plain-English look at Luke 10:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Luke 10:1 means

After earlier events Luke records, Jesus appoints seventy others and sends them in pairs ahead of him to every town and place he intended to visit. This means Jesus commissions a wider circle of followers to prepare the way for his ministry. Sending them two by two stresses companionship, mutual support, and witness. The task is urgent and relational: they go into the very places Jesus plans to enter, acting as advance messengers who carry authority and represent his presence before he arrives.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

This verse follows Jesus’ ministry examples and teachings and expands his mission-team beyond the Twelve. It introduces a major section about mission that runs through the chapter. Knowing he sends them into places he will visit explains why their work anticipates his own preaching and prepares readers for the instructions and warnings Jesus gives next.

v.1This passage

v.2And he said unto them, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 10:1

    And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.

  • Mark 6:7

    And he calleth unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;

  • 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 1:17

    And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.

  • Revelation 11:3

    And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

  • Luke 3:4

    as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.

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