Mat 10:6 | Family | STEP | Lost sheep ; expressive of their wandering and dangerous condition. The house of Israel ; the Jews, descendants of Israel, and hence called Israelites. As the Jews were the covenant people of God, it was proper that the gospel should be first preached to them. The Christian dispensation, moreover, which knows no distinction between Jews and Gentiles, was not fully established till after our Lord's ascent and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.

Matthew 10:6

Lost sheep; expressive of their wandering and dangerous condition.

The house of Israel; the Jews, descendants of Israel, and hence called Israelites. As the Jews were the covenant people of God, it was proper that the gospel should be first preached to them. The Christian dispensation, moreover, which knows no distinction between Jews and Gentiles, was not fully established till after our Lord's ascent and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.