For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
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Gill's Exposition
Jesus said unto him, let the dead bury the dead,.... See Gill on Mat 8:22.
but go thou and preach the kingdom of God; that the kingdom of heaven is at hand, the Gospel dispensation is now ushering…
Barnes' Notes
For the Son of man ... - You should imitate, in your spirit, the Son of man. “He” came not to destroy. If he had come for that purpose, he would have destroyed these Samaritans; but he came to save.…
Adam Clarke
And they went to another village - Which probably did entertain them; being, perhaps, without the Samaritan borders.
The words, Ye know not of what spirit ye are; for the Son of man is not come to…
This passage of story we have not in any other of the evangelists, and it seems to come in here for the sake of its affinity with that next before, for in this also Christ rebuked his disciples,…
Cambridge Bible
For the Son of man is not come, &c. This clause is omitted by the majority of uncials, and some editors therefore regard it as a repetition of Luk 19:10 or Mat 18:11. However that may be, we have the…
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