a10:5
b15:24
cIsa 2:2-4
d42:6-7
e49:6
f60:3
gLuke 17:18
h2 Kgs 17:24-41
i10:6
j9:36
k15:24

‏ Matthew 10:5-6

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).
10:6  i Being lost is the result of neglect by their shepherds (9:36  j; 15:24  k).
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