Discovery BoxMatthew 22:3
Context22:3 He sent his slaves 1 to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.
Luke 9:2
Context9:2 and he sent 2 them out to proclaim 3 the kingdom of God 4 and to heal the sick. 5
Luke 10:1
Context10:1 After this 6 the Lord appointed seventy-two 7 others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town 8 and place where he himself was about to go.
John 20:21
Context20:21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.”
[22:3] 1 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.
[9:2] 2 sn “To send out” is often a term of divine commission in Luke: 1:19; 4:18, 43; 7:27; 9:48; 10:1, 16; 11:49; 13:34; 24:49.
[9:2] 4 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.
[9:2] 5 sn As Jesus’ own ministry (Luke 4:16-44) involved both word (to proclaim) and deed (to heal) so also would that of the disciples.
[10:1] 6 tn Grk “And after these things.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
[10:1] 7 tc There is a difficult textual problem here and in v. 17, where the number is either “seventy” (א A C L W Θ Ξ Ψ Ë1,13 Ï and several church fathers and early versions) or “seventy-two” (Ì75 B D 0181 pc lat as well as other versions and fathers). The more difficult reading is “seventy-two,” since scribes would be prone to assimilate this passage to several OT passages that refer to groups of seventy people (Num 11:13-17; Deut 10:22; Judg 8:30; 2 Kgs 10:1 et al.); this reading also has slightly better ms support. “Seventy” could be the preferred reading if scribes drew from the tradition of the number of translators of the LXX, which the Letter of Aristeas puts at seventy-two (TCGNT 127), although this is far less likely. All things considered, “seventy-two” is a much more difficult reading and accounts for the rise of the other. Only Luke notes a second larger mission like the one in 9:1-6.
