Mat 10:5-8 | 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).

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).
Summary for Matt 10:7-8: 10:7-8 ^l By doing these things in the name and authority of Jesus, the apostles demonstrated Jesus’ status as Messiah (see 11:2-6 ^m).
10:8 ⁿ Give as freely as you have received! While remuneration is not improper (1 Cor 9:3-19 ^o; Gal 6:6 ^p; 1 Tim 5:17 ^q), Jesus urged the apostles to avoid accusations of greed (see Acts 8:20 ^r; 20:33 ^s).