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Luke 9:6

Luke 9:6
And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And they departed,.... That is, the apostles, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it: they went from Christ, and the place where he was, from Capernaum, at least from some place in Galilee:…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 9:1-9

We have here, I. The method Christ took to spread his gospel, to diffuse and enforce the light of it. He had himself travelled about, preaching and healing; but he could be only in one place at a…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

preaching the gospel The word here used is "evangelizing," in Luk 9:2 it is "to herald."

healing In the other Evangelists exorcismsare prominent. Mar 6:13. The special object of the mission of the…

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