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🗓️ 25 October 2020
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.2 | Not long ago, on day 289, we read about Jesus sending out the 12 apostles in Matthew 10. |
0:18.4 | It's possible that the account we read about today with 72 people is a different scenario |
0:22.4 | where Jesus gives the same instructions or it could be the same one. |
0:26.0 | If it's the same one, then why are the numbers so different? Was it 72 or 12? Probably both. |
0:31.8 | It's likely that Matthew is primarily focused on telling the personal story he and the |
0:35.7 | other 11 apostles encountered, whereas Luke, who wasn't an apostle, prefers to zoom out |
0:40.8 | on the whole group of people Jesus sent out. |
0:43.2 | So if this is the same story, these accounts are not contradictory, even though it may |
0:46.7 | look like it on the surface. |
0:48.1 | It's just that the writers have different goals in mind. |
0:51.0 | The job of these 36 pairs is to let the towns know that Jesus is the Messiah and he's |
0:55.1 | about to swing by personally. |
0:57.2 | He instructs them twice in verses 9 and 11 to tell people that the kingdom of God has |
1:01.7 | come near to them. |
1:03.2 | As ambassadors for Christ and agents of his healing power, they're bringing the benefits |
1:07.6 | and truth of the kingdom near to those who are far from the kingdom. |
1:11.1 | We'll continue to read and learn more about the kingdom as we move on. Jesus prepares |
1:15.4 | the 72 for rejection, but he promises them provision. |
1:18.8 | When they return, they are overjoyed. |
1:21.0 | They feel so powerful. |
1:22.8 | They can't believe they can personally do the things they've seen Jesus doing all along, |
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