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John Gill's Exposition on Matthew 10:40
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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He that receiveth you, receiveth me, etc.] This is said to comfort the disciples, lest they should conclude from this account of the sorrows, afflictions, and persecutions they were to meet with, that there would be none that would receive them and their message; Christ therefore suggests, that there would be some that would embrace the Gospel preached by them, and receive them kindly into their houses, and entertain them in a very hospitable manner: and, for the encouragement of such persons, who would risk their own goods and lives by so doing, he lets them know, that receiving of his disciples, was interpreted by him, a receiving of himself; and what they did to them, would be taken as kindly, as if done to him personally; and, in like manner, would it be understood and accepted by his Father: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. To which agrees, what the Jews say f668 of the angel, in (<022322>Exodus 23:22) “If thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I shall speak”: who observe, that it is not written, “that he shall speak”, but “that I shall speak”; intimating, that µylbqm µta yl wlak wnmyh µta ˆylbqm µa, “if ye receive him, it is all one as if you received me”: and the whole of this accords with a common saying among f669 them, wtwmk µda lç wjwlçç, “that a man’s messenger is as himself”. The Jew f670, therefore, has no reason to reproach Christ and his followers as he does, as if it was the sense of these words of Christ, and which the Christians give of them, that Christ and his twelve apostles were but one person.
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