Perhaps this was almost a proverbial statement of Jesus, something He observed and said often. This wasn’t the only time Jesus said this some time before and at a different place Jesus said basically the same thing ( Matthew 9:37-38). Using the picture suggested by Jesus, we can say that the field itself is large, and the ready harvest is also large. He thought of the greatness of human need, and saw it as an opportunity. He considered the multitude of humanity to be like a harvest field ready for gathering. The harvest truly is great: Using the analogy of a ripe field of grain, Jesus explained why He felt an increased urgency about His work. Where He Himself was about to go: “What a mercy it is when the preacher knows that his Master is coming after him, when he can hear the sound of his Master’s feet behind him! What courage it gives him! He knows that, though it is very little that he can do, be is the thin end of the wedge preparing the way for One who can do everything.” (Spurgeon)ī.
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That they might comfort and support each other in their difficult labour.” (Clarke) That in the mouths of two witnesses every thing might be established. To teach them the necessity of concord among the ministers of righteousness. Sent them two by two: “These Christ sent by two and two: 1. There was a Judas in the twelve: we never read of one among the seventy.” (Morrison) “Better to be one of the unnamed seventy, who did their work and were very happy in it, and whose names are only known to God. Perhaps seventy suggested a connection with the seventy translators of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, the Septuagint, and Jesus showed these were the ones to “translate” His word into everyday life.Perhaps seventy suggested a connection with the seventy members of the Sanhedrin, and Jesus showed He was established a new order, a new leadership.Jesus chose these seventy to see the glory of God in action as they served and represented Him. Perhaps seventy suggested a connection with the seventy elders who went up with Moses on Sinai and saw the glory of God ( Exodus 24:1, 9).Perhaps seventy was simply the wise number that made the most effective use of the people at hand.There are a few reasons why He chose seventy. From among this larger group Jesus appointed seventy others to do His work. This reminds us that there was a larger group of interested followers of Jesus beyond the 12 He chose as disciples and apostles. Jesus turned to this larger group of His disciples to be His messengers, to prepare these places ahead of Him ( where He Himself was about to go). After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also: Jesus knew that the time was short before His crucifixion, and that there were still many villages that had not yet heard His message.
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Go your way behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.”Ī. Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. ( Luk 10:1-3) Seventy disciples are appointed and sent out.Īfter these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. Instructing the seventy disciples at their departure.ġ.