Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 10:7
And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
7. eating and drinking such things as they give ] As a plain right. 1Co 9:4 ; 1Co 9:7-11.
the labourer is worthy of his hire ] Referred to by St Paul, 1Ti 5:18. Doubtless he may have been aware that our Lord had used it, but the saying was probably proverbial.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
See the notes at Mat 10:11. On this passage Dr. Thomson (The Land and the Book, vol. i. p. 534) remarks: The reason (for the command, Go not from house to house) is very obvious to one acquainted with Oriental customs. When a stranger arrives in a village or an encampment, the neighbors, one after another, must invite him to eat with them. There is a strict etiquette about it, involving much ostentation and hypocrisy, and a failure in the due observance of this system of hospitality is violently resented, and often leads to alienations and feuds among neighbors; it also consumes much time, causes unusual distraction of mind, leads to levity, and every way counteracts the success of a spiritual mission.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 7. The labourer is worthy] See on Mt 10:8; Mt 10:12.
Go not from house to house.] See Clarke on Mt 10:11. It would be a great offence among the Hindoos if a guest, after being made welcome at a house, were to leave it and go to another.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And in the same house remain,…. Where the sons of peace are, and the peace rests, and into which you are invited, and kindly received and used:
eating and drinking such things as they give; or rather, “such things as are with them”, as the Vulgate Latin renders it; or “of that which is theirs”, as the Syriac version; all one, and with as much freedom, as if they were your own; the reason follows,
for the labourer is worthy of his hire; what you eat and drink is your due; what you ought to have; your diet is a debt, and not a gratuity; [See comments on Mt 10:10]
go not from house to house; as if fickle and inconstant, as if not satisfied with your lodging and entertainment, and as seeking out for other and better, or as if burdensome where they were;
[See comments on Mt 10:11]. The Jews have a proverb, expressing the inconvenience and expensiveness, and the danger of moving from place to place:
“he that goes, , “from house to house”, (loses his) shirt, (i.e. comes to distress and poverty,) from place to place (his) life e;”
or he is in great danger of losing his life.
e Bereshit Rabba, sect. 39. fol. 34. 3.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
In that same house ( ). Literally, in the house itself, not “in the same house” ( ), a different construction. A free rendering of the common Lukan idiom is, “in that very house.”
Eating (). An old poetic verb for that survives in late Greek.
Such things as they give ( ‘ ). “The things from them.”
For the labourer is worthy of his hire ( ). In Mt 10:10 we have (his food). 1Ti 5:18 has this saying quoted as scripture. That is not impossible if Luke wrote by A.D. 62. Paul there however may quote only De 25:4 as scripture and get this quotation either from Lu 10:7 or from a proverbial saying of Jesus. It is certainly not a real objection against the Pauline authorship of First Timothy.
Go not from house to house ( ). As a habit, and the present imperative, and so avoid waste of time with such rounds of invitations as would come.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
The workman is worthy, etc. See on Mt 10:10.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “And in the same house remain,” (en aute de te oikia menete) “Then remain in the same house,” of the heir or son of peace, where your person and gospel message is accepted, there tarry, or reside as a guest, Mat 10:11.
2) “Eating and drinking such things as they give:” (esthontes kai pinontes ta pa( auton) “Eating and drinking with them the things provided,” the food they share with you, however humble or dainty it may be. It is your pay, belongs to you.
3) “For the labourer is worthy of his hire.” (haksios gar ho ergates tou misthou autou) “For the workman (is) worthy of his pay,” worthy of remuneration for his labor or services rendered, as later asserted by the Apostle Paul, 1Co 9:4; 1Co 9:14. Note, the workman, not the, laggard, is worthy of his hire.
4) “Go not from house to house.” (me metabainete eks oikias eis oikian) “Do not remove (move about) from house to house,” for your own safety and reputation, Mat 10:11. Be content with your host and food once you have accepted his hospitality and home.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
7. Eating and drinking those things which they shall give you This is another circumstance expressly mentioned by Luke. By these words Christ not only enjoins them to be satisfied with ordinary and plain food, but allows them to eat at another man’s table. Their plain and natural meaning is: “you will be at liberty to live at the expense of others, so long as you shall be on this journey; for it is proper that those for whose benefit you labor should supply you with food.” Some think that they were intended to remove scruples of conscience, that the disciples might not find fault with any kind of food. (35) But nothing of this kind was intended, and it was not even his object to enjoin frugality, but merely to permit them to accept of a reward, by living, during this commission, at the expense of those by whom they were entertained.
(35) “ A fin que les disciples ne facent conscience d’aucune sorte de viande;” — “in order that the disciples may not make conscience of any kind of food.”
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(7) And in the same house remain.See Note on Mat. 10:11.
The labourer is worthy of his hire.See Note on Mat. 10:10. The exact reproduction of the words by St. Paul in 1Ti. 5:18, as a citation from the Scripture, is every way interesting. The Apostle could scarcely have failed to have become acquainted, during his long companionship with St. Luke, with the materials which the Evangelist was collecting for his great work. We can hardly doubt, accordingly, that he quotes this as one of the sayings of the Lord Jesus, as he quotes another in Act. 20:35, and clothes it with the same authority as the older Scripture. On this assumption, the Gospel of St. Luke must have been, in part, at least, written and recognised at the time when the Pastoral Epistles were written.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
7. Go not from house to house Spend not your time in convivial visits.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.”
Once they have accepted hospitality they are to continue in that same house eating and drinking whatever they are given, accepting it as their hire as the Lord’s labourers, whether it be rich food or poor food. They are not to move from one house to another, enjoying widespread entertainment. For their task is too urgent. And it would be insulting to the host. All their efforts must be expended on their mission, not on seeking self-comfort.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Luk 10:7. Such things as they give: As they have.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Luk 10:7 . Comp. Luk 9:4 ; Mat 10:11 .
] not: in eadem autem domo (Vulgate, Luther, Bleek), but as it does not run : but in the house (in question) itself , which has inhabitants so worthy.
] the more specific explanation . . . follows.
As to , as it is also to be read here, see on Luk 7:33 .
] that which is theirs (comp. Mar 5:26 ). See Bernhardy, p. 255. Not different from this is , Luk 10:8 . The messengers were to partake without hesitation of the provisions of the people, for, etc. This statement of the reason , however, should have prevented Baur from explaining it of the unhesitating partaking of heathen meats (according to 1Co 9:7 f., Luk 10:27 ), even apart from the fact that no mention is made of heathen houses at all. This is also in opposition to Kstlin, p. 234; Hilgenfeld, Evang . p. 183, and Weizscker, p. 163.
Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
Ver. 7. See Mat 10:11-15 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
7 12. ] See on Mat 10:11-15 . The particular directions here are different.
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
7. ] ., but in the (that) house itself (see Luk 10:5 , where it was last spoken of, the inhabitants having been since mentioned) remain. Beware of rendering it in the same house , q. d. .
, the things which come from them; which are theirs, and by them set before you: cf. Luk 10:8 .
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
Luk 10:7 . : verbally distinct from , etc., but really meaning the same thing = “in that same house,” R. V [100] , eating and drinking the meat and drink which belong to them , as if they were your own: libere et velut vestro jure , Grotius. assigns the reason: your food is your hire; it belongs to you of right as wages for work done.
[100] Revised Version.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
in. Greek. en. App-104.
they give = are with (Greek. para. App-104.)
them. not. Greek. me. App-105.
from = out of. Greek. ek. App-104. Not the sameword as in verses: Luk 10:21, Luk 10:30, Luk 10:42. Greek eis. App-104.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
7-12.] See on Mat 10:11-15. The particular directions here are different.
Fuente: The Greek Testament
Luk 10:7. , such things as are in their house) with frugality and freedom (frankness): as you shall find them.- , of his hire) It was lawful for them to receive their food: they must not seek to get money, although they are not ordered altogether to refuse even that. But, on the other hand again, the hire is worthy of a labourer (one who earns it by work): there must be no idleness.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
in: Luk 9:4, Mat 10:11, Mar 6:10, Act 16:15, Act 16:34, Act 16:40
for: Deu 12:12, Deu 12:18, Deu 12:19, Mat 10:10, 1Co 9:4-15, Gal 6:6, Phi 4:17, Phi 4:18, 1Ti 5:17, 1Ti 5:18, 2Ti 2:6, 3Jo 1:5-8
Go: 1Ti 5:13
Reciprocal: Num 18:31 – your reward Deu 18:8 – like portions Deu 24:14 – General 2Ch 2:10 – I will give Eze 48:13 – five and twenty thousand in Mat 20:8 – unto Luk 12:29 – seek 1Co 9:14 – ordained 1Co 10:27 – whatsoever 1Th 5:12 – labour
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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The work of the disciples in spreading the news of the kingdom entitled them to their living. That explains the instructions In verse 4 about not taking along their own provisions. Go not from house to house. They were to make only one call in each city because of the shortness of time. (See Mat 10:11; Mat 10:23.)
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Luk 10:7. In that house, i.e., in the house where they had been received.
Such things as they give. Lit. the things from them, sharing what they have. There is not the slightest reference to eating heathen dishes (as in 1Co 10:27), for they were not sent among the heathen.
Go not from house to house, i.e., in search of ease and better entertainment, or for gossips sake.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Here our Saviour gives his disciples sundry directions, how to manage themselves in this expedition for preaching the gospel.
He enjoins them, 1. To observe the rules of decency in going from place to place; having entered a house to continue there, not changing their lodging, and going from house to house, thereby avoiding all show of lightness and inconstancy, and testifying all gravity and stayedness in their behavior; this being a special means to win authority to their persons and ministry.
2. He gives them a power to work miracles for the confirming of the doctrine which they preached: Heal the sick that are therein. This was necessary, partly to procure reverence to their person, being poor and unlearned men; and partly to gain credit and authority to their doctrine: for the doctrine of faith in the Messiah, as now come and exhibited in the flesh, being a strange and new doctrine to the Jews, the truth and certainty of it was to be extraordinarily ratified and confirmed by working miracles; one sort of which was healing of diseases in an extraordinary manner.
Observe, 3. How Christ encouraged his disciples against the want of success: he bids them denounce the judgments of God by shaking off the dust of their feet; which action was emblematical, and signified that God in like manner would shake off them, and esteem them no better than the vilest dust.
Learn hence, that those which despise the message that the ministers of the gospel bring, shall hereafter find the dust of their feet, and the ashes of their graves to give a judicial testimony against them in the day of Christ. Wherever the word is preached, it is for a testimony, either a testimony for, or against a people. For, if the dust of a minister’s feet bear witness against a people, their sermons much more.
Observe, lastly, the dreadful judgment denounced by our Saviour against the contemners of his disciples’ doctrine: Verily it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
Fuente: Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament
Luk 10:7-9. And in the same house remain As long as you stay in the town or village: eating and drinking Cheerfully and contentedly; such things as they give Neither suspect your being welcome, nor be afraid of being troublesome; for the labourer In the work of the ministry, if he be indeed a labourer; is worthy of his hire It is not an act of charity, but of justice, in them who are taught in the Word, to communicate to them that teach: and whatever kindness they show you, it is but a small return for the kindness you do them in bringing them the glad tidings of peace. Go not from house to house Be content with whatever fare you meet with; and never create any unnecessary trouble in the family where you are, nor quit your lodgings to seek others, in hope of better accommodations during the short stay you make in a place. And heal the sick that are therein Which, as I direct, so I shall empower you to do; And say unto them, The kingdom of God, &c. Publish the approach of the kingdom of God; its approach to them; and that they stand fair for an admission into it, if they will but obey the call of God, and turn to him without delay. Say, Now is the day of your visitation; see that you understand and improve it. Observe, reader! It is well to be made sensible of our advantages and opportunities, that we may lay hold on and embrace them. When the kingdom of God comes nigh to us, it concerns us to go forth to meet it.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Vers. 7-9. And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. 8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: 9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
A favourable reception is supposed. The messenger of Christ, regarding his entrance into that house above everything else as a providential event, is to fix his residence there during the entire period of his stay in that place (see on Luk 9:4). , not in the same house, as if it were , but, in that same house which he entered at first. They are, besides, to regard themselves immediately as members of the family, and to eat without scruple the bread of their hosts. It is the price of their labour. They give more than they receive.
In Luk 10:8 Jesus applies the same principle to the whole city which shall receive them. Their arrival resembles a triumphal entrance: they are served with food; the sick are brought to them; they speak publicly. It is a mistake to find in the words of Paul, (1Co 10:27), an allusion to this Luk 10:8; the object of the two sayings is entirely different. There is here no question whatever as to the cleanness or uncleanness of the viands; we are yet in a Jewish world.
The accus. government , unto (upon) you, expresses the efficacy of the message, its action upon the individuals concerned. The perf. indicates that the approach of the kingdom of God is thenceforth a fact. It is near; the presence of the messengers of the Messiah is the proof.
Fuente: Godet Commentary (Luke, John, Romans and 1 Corinthians)
10:7 And in the same house {c} remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
(c) Take up your lodging in that house which you enter into first, that is, do not be concerned about comfortable lodging, as men do who plan to stay in a place a long time: for here that solemn preaching of the gospel, which was used afterward when the Churches were settled, is not instituted: but these are sent abroad to all the coasts of Judea to show them that the last jubilee is at hand.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
The Seventy, like the Twelve (cf. Luk 9:4), were normally to remain with their hosts and not move around in one neighborhood trying to improve their situation (cf. Mat 10:11; Mar 6:10). This would result in their wasting time and possibly insulting their hosts. Going from house to house also implied engaging in a social round of activity and being entertained long after they had done their work. [Note: Morris, p. 182.] As servants of the Lord, they were to eat and drink what their hosts provided. They could expect sustenance and needed to be content with that even though it might not necessarily be what they would prefer. The principle of the worker being worthy of his wages goes back to creation (Gen 1:28-30). Jesus and the apostles reaffirmed it for the present inter-advent age (cf. Mat 10:10; 1Co 9:3-18; 1Ti 5:18; 3Jn 1:5-8).