Luke 10:3

Luke 10:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
• New International Version (NIV)Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

Context of Luke 10:3

1After this, the Lord appointed 70 other disciples to go ahead of him to every city and place that he intended to go. They were to travel in pairs. 2He told them, “The harvest is large, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord who gives this harvest to send workers to harvest his crops. Go! I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4Don’t carry a wallet, a traveling bag, or sandals, and don’t stop to greet anyone on the way. 5Whenever you go into a house, greet the family right away with the words, ‘May there be peace in this house.’

Luke 10:3 word by word

ὑπάγετε· ἰδοὺ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς ἄρνας ἐν μέσῳ λύκων.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Go your waysὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
• beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• sendἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• youσύsu · youG4771
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• lambsἀρήνarēn · lambG704
• ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• amongμέσοςmesos · midstG3319
• wolvesλύκοςlukos · wolfG3074

Cross-references for Luke 10:3

• Psalms 22:12Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls from Bashan have encircled me.
• Ezekiel 2:3He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel. They are people from a nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have rebelled against me to this day.
• Matthew 10:16“I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as snakes but as innocent as doves.
• John 15:20Remember what I told you: ‘A servant isn’t greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they did what I said, they will also do what you say.
• John 16:2You will be thrown out of synagogues. Certainly, the time is coming when people who murder you will think that they are serving God.
• Acts 9:2and asked him to write letters of authorization to the synagogue leaders in the city of Damascus. Saul wanted to arrest any man or woman who followed the way ⌞of Christ⌟ and imprison them in Jerusalem.
• Zephaniah 3:3Its officials are ⌞like⌟ roaring lions. Its judges are ⌞like⌟ wolves in the evening. They leave nothing to gnaw on for the morning.
• Matthew 7:15“Beware of false prophets. They come to you disguised as sheep, but in their hearts they are vicious wolves.
• John 10:12A hired hand isn’t a shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep. When he sees a wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and quickly runs away. So the wolf drags the sheep away and scatters the flock.
• Acts 20:29I know that fierce wolves will come to you after I leave, and they won’t spare the flock.

Commentaries on Luke 10:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Lambs among wolves - See on Matthew 10:16; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3See the notes at Matthew 10:16.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3lambs among wolves: are not to dominate others, but to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of others. This makes them vulnerable (see Jeremiah 5:6; Ezekiel 22:27; Habakkuk 1:8; Zephaniah 3:3). But the good shepherd protects them from the wolves (Psalm 23:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-123-12. (See on Mt 10:7-16).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings