Mat 10:5 | TNotes | STEP | 10:5 Don’t go to the Gentiles: Jesus’ mission was limited to Jews at this stage (15:24 ). Through the Jews, God would reach the Gentiles (Isa 2:2-4 ; 42:6-7 ; 49:6 ; 60:3 ). • Jews regarded Samaritans as impure Jews (Luke 17:18 ) because of their intermarriage with Gentiles during and after the Assyrian and Babylonian exiles (2 Kgs 17:24-41 ). Tension was provoked in 128 BC when the Jewish leader John Hyrcanus destroyed the Samaritan temple on Mount Gerizim (Josephus, Antiquities 13.9.1).

a10:5►

b15:24►

cIsa 2:2-4►

d42:6-7►

e49:6►

f60:3►

gLuke 17:18►

h2 Kgs 17:24-41►

‏ Matthew 10:5

10:5 ^a Don’t go to the Gentiles: Jesus’ mission was limited to Jews at this stage (15:24 ^b). Through the Jews, God would reach the Gentiles (Isa 2:2-4 ^c; 42:6-7 ^d; 49:6 ^e; 60:3 ^f).

• Jews regarded Samaritans as impure Jews (Luke 17:18 ^g) because of their intermarriage with Gentiles during and after the Assyrian and Babylonian exiles (2 Kgs 17:24-41 ^h). Tension was provoked in 128 BC when the Jewish leader John Hyrcanus destroyed the Samaritan temple on Mount Gerizim (Josephus, Antiquities 13.9.1).