Fit (@v9erds). Lit., well-placed: adjusted.
CHAT ITER X. 1-16. Peculiar to Luke.
1. Appointed (dvéSeéev). Used by Luke only. Lit., to lift up and shew, as Acts i. 24: “ Shew which one thou hast chosen.” Hence to proclaim any oneelected to an office. See on the kindred noun, shewing, ch. i. 80.
Other seventy. Wrong; for he had not appointed seventy previously. Rev., rightly, seventy others, with reference to the twelve.
350 WORD STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. (Cu. X.
2. The harvest (Sepiouds). From Yépos, swimmer (compare Sépopar, to become warm). Harvest, that which is gathered in summer. Wye., much ripe corn is, but few workmen.
Pray. See on ch. viii. 38.
Send forth (é«B8dan). Lit., drive or thrust forth, implying the urgency of the mission. See on Mark i. 12.
3. | send forth (dzrocréAdw). See on Matt. x. 2. 4. Purse (@aAradvtiov). Used by Luke only. For money. Scrip (wypav). For victuals. Rev., wallet.
Shoes. Not that they were to go unshod, but that they were not to carry a change of sandals. See Deut. xxix. 5; XXXHL 25.
Salute no man. Oriental salutations are tedious and com- plicated. The command is suited to a rapid and temporary mission. Compare 2 Kings iv. 29. ‘These instructions were also intended to reprove another propensity which an Oriental can hardly resist, no matter how urgent his business. If he meets an acquaintance, he must stop and make an endless num- ber of inquiries, and answer as many. If they come upon men making a bargain, or discussing any other matter, they must pause and intrude their own ideas, and enter keenly into the business, though it in nowise concerns them; and, more espe- cially, an Oriental can never resist the temptation to assist when accounts are being settled or money counted out. The clink of coin has a positive fascination to them” (Thomson, “Land and