And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
Parallel translations
- WEB and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
- BSB He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.
- NKJV and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him.
- NASB and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.
- NLT He sent messengers ahead to a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival.
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Jesus sends messengers ahead into a Samaritan village to prepare for Him. His mission reaches even toward the Samaritans, who were despised by many Jews.
Overview
Jesus sends messengers before Him as He travels toward Jerusalem. That He passes through Samaritan territory and seeks lodging there hints at the wider scope of His grace. It anticipates the gospel's later reach to Samaria and beyond, crossing long-standing ethnic divisions.
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- Matt 10:5These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
- 2 Kgs 17:24–33And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
- Luke 10:1After 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.
- Luke 10:33But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
- Luke 17:16And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
- John 8:48Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
- Mal 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Luke 7:27This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- Ezra 4:1–5Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
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