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After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
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de Meta tauta ho Kyrios kai anedeixen hebdomēkonta dyo heterous kai apesteilen autous ana dyo dyo pro autou prosōpou eis pasan polin kai topon hou autos ēmellen erchesthai
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√ δέ — but, and, etcConjunction
√ μετά — properly, denoting accompanimentPreposition
√ οὗτος — the he (she or it), iDemonstrative PronounAccusative Neuter Plural
√ ὁ — the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)ArticleNominative Masculine Singular
√ κύριος — supreme in authority, iNounNominative Masculine Singular
kyrios: lord, supreme in authority Luke the narrator calls Jesus ho Kyrios, the title of sovereign authority. JFB, citing Bengel, calls it “a becoming title here, as this appointment was an act truly lordly.” The same word returns in v. 2 as “the Lord of the harvest,” and the narrative lets the reader join the two.
√ καί — and, also, even, so then, too, etcConjunction
√ ἀναδείκνυμι — to exhibit, iVerbAorist Indicative Active3rd Person Singular
anadeiknymi: to show forth, appoint publicly Aorist active. A rare verb (2 verses in the NT), used again by Luke at Acts 1:24 for God showing whom He has chosen. Appointment here is display: the Lord makes known who His messengers are.
√ ἑβδομήκοντα — seventyAdjectiveAccusative Masculine Plural
hebdomēkonta: seventy The number carries weight in Israel's memory: the seventy elders of Numbers 11:16, the Sanhedrin, and (as Ellicott, Cambridge and the Pulpit report) the Jewish reckoning of the nations of Genesis 10. Whether 70 or 72 stood in Luke's original is disputed; see the apparatus.
√ δύο — "two"AdjectiveAccusative Masculine Plural
√ ἕτερος — (an-, the) other or differentAdjectiveAccusative Masculine Plural
heteros: other, different Others besides the Twelve of 9:1. Maclaren notes the word sets this mission in deliberate contrast with the earlier one.
√ καί — and, also, even, so then, too, etcConjunction
√ ἀποστέλλω — set apart, iVerbAorist Indicative Active3rd Person Singular
apostellō: to send out on commission Aorist. The verb from which “apostle” comes; here it is used of messengers who are not the Twelve, showing that the act of sending, not the title, is the point.
√ αὐτός — the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other personsPersonal / Possessive PronounAccusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
√ ἀνά — properly, upAdverb
ana dyo dyo Distributive “two by two.” Barnes and Henry see mutual help and comfort; the JFB entry adds mutual testimony, recalling that two witnesses establish a matter.
√ δύο — "two"AdjectiveAccusative Masculine Plural
√ δύο — "two"AdjectiveAccusative Masculine Plural
√ πρό — "fore", iPreposition
√ αὐτός — the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other personsPersonal / Possessive PronounGenitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
√ πρόσωπον — the front (as being towards view), iNounGenitive Neuter Singular
prosōpon: face, presence “Before His face”: the herald's idiom. They go where the Lord Himself is about to come; their mission exists only because His arrival is coming behind them.
√ εἰς — to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etcPreposition
√ πᾶς — all, any, every, the wholeAdjectiveAccusative Feminine Singular
√ πόλις — a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)NounAccusative Feminine Singular
√ καί — and, also, even, so then, too, etcConjunction
√ τόπος — a spot (general in space, but limited by occupancyNounAccusative Masculine Singular
√ ὅς — the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, thatAdverb
√ αὐτός — the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other personsPersonal / Possessive PronounNominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
√ μέλλω — to intend, iVerbImperfect Indicative Active3rd Person Singular
ēmellen erchesthai Imperfect of mellō with infinitive: “was about to come.” The mission is preparatory and bounded by His itinerary, which is why Barnes, JFB and Maclaren all call it temporary.
√ ἔρχομαι — to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)VerbPresent Infinitive Middle or Passive