Mat 10:5 | NET2full | STEP | Jesus sent out these 12 , instructing them as follows: “Do not go on a road that leads to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town .

‏ Matthew 10:5

5 Jesus sent out these 12, instructing them as follows: ^{▼▼tn Grk “instructing them, saying.”} “Do not go on a road that leads to Gentile regions ^{▼▼tn Grk “on the way/road of the Gentiles.” The objective genitive “of the Gentiles” indicates the direction (BDAG 554 s.v. ὁδός 1.a); the restriction is on the territory to be visited rather than contact with individual Gentiles or Samaritans (compare the mission of the seventy-two in Luke 10:4 where even standard greetings along the road are prohibited).} ^{▼▼sn Since Galilee was surrounded on all sides by Gentile territory except the south, where it bordered on Samaria, this restriction effectively limited the mission of the twelve to Galilee on this occasion.} and do not enter any Samaritan town. ^{▼▼tn Grk “town [or city] of the Samaritans.”} ^{▼▼sn This is the only mention of Samaritans or Samaria in the Gospel of Matthew.}