Luke 9:4
in Luke 9Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that area.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And into whatsoever house ye enter, there abide, and thence depart.
KJV
And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
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This verse in Luke 9
Commentary
11 notes on this verseThere abide, and thence depart - That is, remain in that lodging till ye depart from that city. Some MSS. and versions add μη, which makes the following sense: There remain, and depart Not thence. See the note on Mat 10:11.
This site's exposition
Take nothing for your journey
on Luke 9:3-6
Take nothing for the road, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money, nor two coats apiece, an austerity the bench reads as training in dependence for a mission meant to be brief and urgent rather than a permanent rule for every later age of the church. Whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart forbids restless moving from house to house seeking better lodging, and the shaking off of dust for a testimony against a rejecting town borrows Israel's own gesture of leaving Gentile soil, turned now against towns that refuse their own Messiah's messengers. They departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where, obedience following instruction without recorded complaint.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
But it may be said, How then shall necessary things be prepared for them. He therefore adds, And into whatsoever house ye enter, there abide, and thence depart. As if He said, Let the food of disciples suffice you, who receiving from you spiritual things, will minister unto you temporal. But He ordered them to abide in one house, so as neither to incommode the host, (that is, so as to send him away,) nor themselves to incur the suspicion of gluttony and wantonness.
He commanded them both to remain in one house, and from it to take their departure. For it was right that those who had once received them should not be defrauded of the gift. It is also right that the holy apostles themselves should not place any impediment in the way of their own zeal and earnestness in preaching God's message. This would happen if they allowed themselves to be carried off to various houses by those whose object was not to learn some necessary lesson but to set before them a luxurious table, beyond what was moderate and necessary.
He pronounces it to be foreign to the character of a preacher of the heavenly kingdom to run from house to house and change the rights of inviolable hospitality; but as the grace of hospitality is supposed to be offered, so also if they are not received the dust must be shaken off, and they are commanded to depart from the city; as it follows, And whosoever will not receive you when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony, &c. Or it is a great return of hospitality which is here taught, i. e. that we should not only wish peace to our hosts, but also if any faults of earthly infirmity obscure them, they should be removed by receiving the footsteps of apostolical preaching.
The Medieval Church2 voices
Thirdly, with regard to humility in lodging, he adds: And into whatever house you enter, remain there, being content, that is, with that lodging: and do not depart from there, in search of something better, because, as it is said in Sirach 29, "a wretched …
And in whatever house you enter, stay there and do not go out from there. He gives a general command of constancy, so that they may uphold the laws of hospitable necessity, asserting that it is foreign to the preacher of the heavenly kingdom to …
4 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), that people may know where to find you, that your friends may know you are not backward to serve them, and your enemies may know you are not ashamed nor afraid to face them; there abide till you depart out of that city; stay with those you are used to." (4.) They must put on authority, and speak warning to those who refused them as well as comfort to those that received them,
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And whatsoever house ye enter into,.... In any town, or city, they should come to in their journey through Judea, and should enter into for the sake of lodging, during their stay: there abide; do not shift quarters, or move from house to house: and thence depart; the house you come into first, go out of last, when ye leave the town or city.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)
proposed
These verses contain our Lord's instructions to His twelve apostles, when He sent them forth the first time to preach the Gospel. The passage is one which throws much light on the work of Christian ministers in every age. No doubt the miraculous power which the apostles possessed, made their position very unlike that of any other body of men in the Church. No doubt, in many respects — they stood alone, and had no successors. Yet the words of our Lord in this place must not be confined entirely to the apostles.
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)
proposed
These verses contain our Lord's instructions to His twelve apostles, when He sent them forth the first time to preach the Gospel. The passage is one which throws much light on the work of Christian ministers in every age. No doubt the miraculous power which the apostles possessed, made their position very unlike that of any other body of men in the Church. No doubt, in many respects — they stood alone, and had no successors. Yet the words of our Lord in this place must not be confined entirely to the apostles. They contain deep wisdom for Christian teachers and preachers, for all time. Let us observe, firstly — that the commission to the apostles contained special reference to the demons and bodily sickness . We read that Jesus gave them "authority over all demons, and to cure diseases." We see here, as in a looking-glass — two of the principal parts of the Christian minister's business. We must not expect him to cast out evil spirits — but we may fairly expect him to "resist the devil and all his works," and to keep up a constant warfare against the evil prince of this world. We must not expect him to work miraculous cures — but we may expect him to take a special interest in all sick people, to visit them, sympathize with them, and help them, if needful, as far as he can. The minister who neglects the sick members of his flock, is no true pastor. He must not be surprised if people say that he cares for the fleece of his sheep — more than for their health . Likewise, the minister who allows drunkenness, blasphemy, impurity, reveling, and the like, to go on among his congregation unreproved — is omitting a plain duty of his office. He is not warring against the devil. He is no true successor of the apostles. Let us observe, secondly — that one of the principal works which the apostles were commissioned to take up was preaching .
The words behind it
11 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| εἰς | eis | into | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| ἣν | hen | whatever | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| ἂν | an | maybe | G302 → | 165 times |
| οἰκίαν | oikian | house | G3614 → | 93 times |
| εἰσέλθητε, | eiselthete | you may enter, | G1525 → | 194 times |
| ἐκεῖ | ekei | there | G1563 → | 105 times |
| μένετε | menete | do remain | G3306 → | 118 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἐκεῖθεν | ekeithen | from there | G1564 → | 37 times |
| ἐξέρχεσθε. | exerchesthe | do go forth. | G1831 → | 216 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
εἰςinto
eisG1519 →1755 times
ἣνwhatever
henG3739 →1405 times
ἂνmaybe
anG302 →165 times
οἰκίανhouse
oikianG3614 →93 times
εἰσέλθητε,you may enter,
eiseltheteG1525 →194 times
ἐκεῖthere
ekeiG1563 →105 times
μένετεdo remain
meneteG3306 →118 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἐκεῖθενfrom there
ekeithenG1564 →37 times
ἐξέρχεσθε.do go forth.
exerchestheG1831 →216 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 16:15And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
it leads to
- Acts 11:14
He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’
- Hebrews 13:2
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
- Acts 16:33
At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
- Genesis 19:3
But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
- Luke 24:29
But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.
- Acts 11:14
Through
Matthew 10:11Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.
it leads to
- Luke 10:7–8
Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 16:15
And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 18:1–3
After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
- Luke 10:7–8
Where this verse is studied
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About Luke
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Bede, On the Gospel of Luke; Bonaventure, Commentary on Luke, Chapter 9; Cyril of Alexandria, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 47; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.