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**apostles** = those sent forth. See note on [Mark 3:14](../../../kjv/mark/3/14) .
**Zebedee.** See note on [Matthew 4:21](../../../kjv/matthew/4/21) .

**Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew . . . Alphaeus . . . Thaddaeus.** These are all Aramaic words. See App-94 .
**the publican** = the tax-gatherer. Note the Figure of speech *Ampliatio.* App-6 .
**Alphaeus.** Hebrew. *halphah.* Same root as Cleophas; and probably the same name, if not the same person, as [John 19:25](../../../kjv/john/19/25) .

**Canaanite.** The Aramaic word for the Greek *Zelotes* ([Luke 6:15](../../../kjv/luke/6/15) .[Acts 1:13](../../../kjv/acts/1/13); [Acts 1:13](../../../kjv/acts/1/13) ) = Zealot: so called from his *zeal* for the Law. See App-94 . Josephus ( *Bell* . *Jud.* [Matthew 4:3](../../../kjv/matthew/4/3) , [Matthew 4:9](../../../kjv/matthew/4/9) ) says the sect of "Zealots" did not arise till just before the fall of Jerusalem.
**Judas Iscariot.** The only apostle not from Galilee. He belonged to Judah.
**also betrayed Him** = even betrayed Him.
**betrayed** = delivered up.

**Go not** = Go not abroad: i.e. from the land.

**to.** Greek. *pros* .
**lost sheep.** Compare [Ezekiel 34:16](../../../kjv/ezekiel/34/16) ; and [Matthew 15:24](../../../kjv/matthew/15/24) ; [Matthew 18:11](../../../kjv/matthew/18/11) .[Luke 19:10](../../../kjv/luke/19/10) .
**the house of Israel.** A *Hebraism* = the family of Israel. See note on [1 Kings 12:17](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/17) .

**preach** = herald. Greek. *kerusso.* See App-121 .
**The kingdom of heaven.** See App-114 .
**heaven** = the heavens. See note on [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) .
**is at hand** = is drawn nigh. Compare [Matthew 4:17](../../../kjv/matthew/4/17) .

**the sick** = sick ones.
**the lepers** = leprous ones.
**the dead** = dead people. See App-139 .
**devils** = demons. Compare [Matthew 10:1](../../../kjv/matthew/10/1) .

**gold . . . silver . . . brass.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for the money made from them.
**purses** = girdles, some of which contain pockets for money and valuables.

**scrip** = that which is written: then a small wallet that holds such a writing. Greek. *pera.* Only here, [Mark 6:8](../../../kjv/mark/6/8) . [Luke 9:3](../../../kjv/luke/9/3) ; [Luke 10:4](../../../kjv/luke/10/4) , and [Luke 22:35](../../../kjv/luke/22/35) , [Luke 22:36](../../../kjv/luke/22/36) . Not a "purse", because no money: not a "bread bag" because no bread ([Luke 9:4](../../../kjv/luke/9/4) . Deissmann quotes an Inscription at *Kefr-Hauar,* in Syria, in which a slave of a temple, "sent by the lady" on a begging expedition, brought back each journey seventy bags ( *pera* ) of money which he had collected. The Lord means they were *not to beg.*
**shoes** = sandals (i.e. not a spare pair).
**Staves** = a staff (for walking), not clubs. See note on [Matthew 26:47](../../../kjv/matthew/26/47) .
**meat.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for all kinds of food.

**town** = village, as in [Matthew 9:35](../../../kjv/matthew/9/35) .

**an house** = a man's house.
**salute it:** i.e. make your *salaam* = pronounce "peace".

**peace.** Referring to the *salaam* of [Matthew 10:12](../../../kjv/matthew/10/12) .

**shake off, &c.** Figure of speech *Paroemia.* App-6 . Compare [Matthew 18:17](../../../kjv/matthew/18/17) . See [Acts 13:51](../../../kjv/acts/13/51) .

**Verily, &c.** See note on [Matthew 6:18](../../../kjv/matthew/6/18) .
**the day of judgment.** Which the Lord spoke of as imminent, and coming at the end of that dispensation, had the nation repented.

**Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos* ( App-6 ), for emphasis.
**sheep . . . wolves.** No Art., for *all* sheep are *not* in the midst of wolves.
**be ye** = become ye.
**serpents . . . doves.** With Art., because all serpents are prudent, and all doves harmless.
**harmless** = guileless.

**of** = away from: i.e. beware [and keep] away from. Greek. *apo.* App-104 .
**men.** Plural of *anthropos.* App-123 .
**you.** This was true of the Twelve ("them that heard Him": [Hebrews 2:3](../../../kjv/hebrews/2/3) ) in the dispensation of the Acts.
**to** = unto.
**the councils** = councils. Courts of justice.

**And** = Yea and; or And . . . kings also.
**before.** Greek. *epi.*
**for My sake** = on account of Me. Greek. *heneken.*
**for** = with a view to.
**against** = unto.
**Gentiles** = nations.

**they deliver you up.** All texts read "they shall have delivered you up".
**take no thought** = be not anxious (as in [Matthew 6:25](../../../kjv/matthew/6/25) , [Matthew 6:27](../../../kjv/matthew/6/27) , [Matthew 6:28](../../../kjv/matthew/6/28) , [Matthew 6:31](../../../kjv/matthew/6/31) , [Matthew 6:34](../../../kjv/matthew/6/34) ).
**shall** = should.

**the Spirit** = the Spirit (Himself). See App-101 .

**child . . . children.** Greek plural of *teknon.* App-108 .
**against.** Greek. *epi* . App-104 . Not the same as in [Matthew 10:18](../../../kjv/matthew/10/18) .
**cause them to be put to death** = will put them to death.

**shall** = will.
**of** = by. Greek. *hupo.*
**all.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Genus), App-6 , for the greater part.
**for** = on account of. Greek. *dia* .
**end.** Greek. *telo* s (not *sunteleia)* . See notes on [Matthew 24:3](../../../kjv/matthew/24/3) , and App-114 ): i.e. of that dispensation, which would have thus ended had the nation repented at the call of Peter ([Acts 3:19-26](../../../kjv/acts/3/19-26) ). As it did not repent, this is of course now future. Compare [1 Corinthians 1:8](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/1/8) .
**shall be saved** = he shall be saved (escape or be delivered). Compare [Matthew 24:4-14](../../../kjv/matthew/24/4-14) .

**another** = into the other: i.e. the next. Greek. *allos* ( App-124 .), but all texts read *heteros.* App-124 .
**not** = by no means; in no wise. Greek. *ou me.*
**gone over** = completed, or finished [going over].
**till.** See the four: [Matthew 10:23](../../../kjv/matthew/10/23) ; [Matthew 16:28](../../../kjv/matthew/16/28) ; Mat 28:39 ; [Matthew 24:34](../../../kjv/matthew/24/34) .
**the Son of man.** See App-98 .
**be come** = may have come. This is rendered hypothetical by the Particle *an* (which cannot be translated), because His coming depended on the repentance of Israel ([Acts 3:19-26](../../../kjv/acts/3/19-26) ). It would then have been (and will now yet be) the judicial coming of "the Son of Man". Compare [Acts 17:31](../../../kjv/acts/17/31) .

**The disciple** = a pupil.
**above.** Greek. *huper.*
**master** = teacher. App-98 . [Matthew 10:4](../../../kjv/matthew/10/4) .
**servant** = bondservant.
**lord** = master.

**enough** = sufficient.
**be** = become.
**have called.** All the texts read "have surnamed".
**Beelzebub.** Aramaic, *Beelzeboul.* App-94 .
**Beelzebub** = the lord of flies ([2 Kings 1:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/2) ), was the god of the Ekronites. It was changed in contempt by the Israelites to Baalzebel = lord of the dunghill, and thence used of the prince of the demons.
**shall they call.** These italics are unnecessary.
**them of his household.** Greek. *oikiakos.* Occurs only here, and [Matthew 10:36](../../../kjv/matthew/10/36) .

**Fear . . . not** = Ye should not fear.
**covered** = concealed.

**darkness** = the darkness.
**that.** For this word italics are not needed.
**light** = the light.
**hear in the ear.** A Hebraism. Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* App-6 . Compare [Genesis 20:8](../../../kjv/genesis/20/8) ; [Genesis 23:16](../../../kjv/genesis/23/16) . [Exodus 10:2](../../../kjv/exodus/10/2) .[Isaiah 5:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/9) . [Acts 11:22](../../../kjv/acts/11/22) .
**in** = into. Greek. *eis.*
**upon.** Greek. *epi* . App-104 .
**housetops.** The usual place of proclamation.

**fear not.** Hebrew. *yare'min.* [Deuteronomy 1:29](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/29) ; [Deuteronomy 5:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/5) .[Psalms 3:6](../../../kjv/psalms/3/6) ; [Psalms 27:1](../../../kjv/psalms/27/1) .
**them** = [and flee] from them. Greek. *apo.*
**kill.** Man causes the loss of life, but he cannot kill: i.e. "destroy" it. Only God can do that.
**the soul.** Greek. *psuche.* See App-110 .
**destroy.** Note the difference. Not "kill" merely. Compare [Luke 12:4](../../../kjv/luke/12/4) , [Luke 12:5](../../../kjv/luke/12/5) .
**hell.** Greek. *geenna.* See note on [Matthew 5:22](../../../kjv/matthew/5/22) , and App-131 .

**for a farthing.** Greek. *assarion.* Compare [Luke 12:6](../../../kjv/luke/12/6) , "five sold for two *assarions* " is not the same; but the difference may arise from the market price, which varied from time to time. Deissmann tells us that a fragment of a papyrus was discovered at Aegira (in Achaea, on the Corinthian gulf), in 1899, containing part of a market tariff of Diocletian (third century, A.D.), showing that sparrows were sold in *tens.* The tariff fixed the *maximum* price of ten for sixteen *denarii* (about 31/2 *d.* Eng. In our Lord's day, therefore, the market value would be Neh 1 *d* . Eng.) See App-51 .
**of** = from among Greek. *ek.*
**on.** Greek. *epi.*
**without your Father:** i.e. without His knowledge or will.

**hairs . . . numbered.** Note the Figure of speech *Parechesis.* App-6 . In Aramaic, hairs = *mene* .
**numbered** = *mana.*

**confess Me.** Greek confess in ( *en* . App-104 .) Me. Aramaic idiom.
**I confess also** = I also confess. Compare [Matthew 10:33](../../../kjv/matthew/10/33) .

**I am come** = I came. Compare [Matthew 10:6](../../../kjv/matthew/10/6) , and [Matthew 15:24](../../../kjv/matthew/15/24) .
**send** = cast, as seed. Compare [Mark 4:26](../../../kjv/mark/4/26) .
**earth.** Greek. *ge.* See App-129 .
**sword.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for "war" or "fightings".

**set . . . at variance.** Greek. *dichazo.* Occurs only here. Quoted from [Micah 7:6](../../../kjv/micah/7/6) .
**the daughter, &c.** See App-117 .

**loveth** = is fonder of. See App-135 .
**more than** = above. Greek. *huper.*

**cross.** Greek. *stauros.* See App-162 . All criminals bore their own cross ([John 19:17](../../../kjv/john/19/17) ). Compare [Matthew 16:25](../../../kjv/matthew/16/25) .

**He that findeth** = He that has found. Note the *Introversion* in this verse (find, lose; lose, find).
**life** = soul. See App-110 .
**loseth** = has lost.
**for My sake** = on account of Me. [Luke 14:14](../../../kjv/luke/14/14) ; [Luke 20:35](../../../kjv/luke/20/35) , [Luke 20:36](../../../kjv/luke/20/36) . [John 5:29](../../../kjv/john/5/29) ; [John 11:25](../../../kjv/john/11/25) .
**find it.** In resurrection. Compare [1 Peter 4:19](../../../kjv/1-peter/4/19) .

**you.** Those to whom the Lord spoke cannot be excluded.
**receiveth.** Note the Figure of speech *Anadiplosis* ( App-6 ), in verses: [Matthew 10:40](../../../kjv/matthew/10/40) , [Matthew 10:41](../../../kjv/matthew/10/41) .

**a prophet.** See App-49 .
**in the name of:** i.e. because he is. A Hebraism ( *b'shem)* . [Exodus 5:23](../../../kjv/exodus/5/23) .[Jeremiah 11:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/11/21) .
**in.** Greek. *eis.* As in [Matthew 10:27](../../../kjv/matthew/10/27) .

**these little ones:** i.e. the Twelve. Compare [Matthew 18:6](../../../kjv/matthew/18/6) .
**of** = full of or containing. Genitive of the contents. App-17 .
**in no wise.** See App-105 .

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