“So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”
do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul - "What if they should even go so far as to kill the body, as they often did and will yet do, especially to the Jewish Saints in the great tribulation. (We mention again that all these words have a future meaning and fulfillment during that time of Jacob's trouble, after the removal of the church. The Jewish believers will know the comfort of these words, as Satins during this know them.") If they kill the body they cannot kill the soul and the killing of the body and faithful testimony given through martyrdom will enrich the Lord as well as the disciple. We may not be called upon to surrender thus our bodies, yet the principle of it is ours; fear nothing outward, nothing temporal, whatever it may be. 'But fear rather Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.' And He who is able to do that and will do it at the great white Throne to the unsaved, is God. He then is to be feared alone. Of course all this is not to be read as referring to the believer. He who has believed is passed from death unto life, he does not come into judgment. Once saved means always saved. We must, however, not overlook the fact that among the twelve there was one who was not saved. It was the first warning coming to Judas. He looked to outward things and was a thief." (Gaebelein)
Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell - "God, not Satan." (Ryrie)
"But there is One to fear. By some strange perversion there are those who say that Jesus here meant the devil. Satan has no power to fling soul and body into Gehenna, and we are never told from Genesis to Revelation to fear the devil. We are always told to fear God. Men may destroy the body, but there is One Who can take hold of the body and the spirit, and condemn them to the place of rubbish and ruin. Fear Him!" (Morgan)
a penny - "This small, copper coin is called, in the Greek of the verse, assarion. Its value was one sixteenth of a denarius, the basic unit in the Roman coinage. One denarius was the day's wage of the rural worker." (Ryrie)
And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father - "Without His knowledge." (Ryrie)
everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven - "In their ministry they were under the care of their Father, who knew their every need. Because of their inestimable worth to Him, they were assured of his protection (vv. 29-31). Christ gave these men a promise: 'Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heave' (v. 32). These men were sent out as His representatives to proclaim His message. They were identifying themselves with His person and word. Their obedience to Him was a sign of faith that assured them they would be accepted by the Father. On the other hand, those who disowned Him, as the Pharisees were intent on doing, would be disowned before the Father by the very One whom they disowned (Matt 10:33)." (Pentecost)
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. - "However we learn that the words He speaks here, foretelling the history of this age, are blessed evidences of His divinity. This age is not the age of the world wide peace. 'Peace on Earth' is not yet reached in the divine program for the earth. The nations may boast of peace among themselves at this time, but it will not last very long and soon the rider upon the red horse will gallop over the earth (Rev 6). Peace like a river will surely flow after the King has come and all swords have become plowshares. The Lord hasten the day." (Gaebelein)
"Since Christ was the Prince of Peace and had come to speak peace to the nation, the question might be raised as to why the religious authorities did not accept Him. Christ explained this in the words that follow. He said He had not come to bring peace but a sword. He had come to bring about division. He would separate those who were bound to each other by the strongest of natural ties (Matt 10:35). It is Jesus Christ Himself who divides. People are divided by their attitude toward Him. Christ was using a Jewish idiom when He referred to loving father or mother (Matt 10:37). To love involved more than emotions. It involved subjection and obedience. Christ was demanding the unquestioned submission and obedience of those who would be accepted into His Kingdom. One who puts loved ones before Christ and submits to them instead of submitting to Christ is not worthy of Christ or to be in His kingdom." (Pentecost)
whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me - "This reference to a cross needed no explanation, for the Jews had seen thousands of their countrymen crucified by the Romans. Allegiance even to death is demanded of Christ's followers." (Ryrie)
"Christ demanded that His followers take up their 'cross and follow me' (Matt 10:38). The cross in the life of Christ was what the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was to Adam in the garden. An individual's cross is the revealed will of God for him. At this juncture God's will was that people should receive Christ's words and believe His person. Such was the test to determine whether one was acceptable or unacceptable to God." (Pentecost)
one who receives a prophet...one who receives a righteous person - "One who received a righteous person and counted that one to be righteous would receive the same reward that the righteous person received from God. Christ was saying that when the Twelve preached in a community, there would be those who counted them as God's prophets and as righteous. Such persons would accept the message as from God and turn in faith to the One whom they were introducing, and those persons would be rewarded in the kingdom. Nothing done in God's name is ever forgotten by God (Matt 10:42). Whatever the hearers of the Twelve did in Christ's name would be a basis for reward. Thus rewards would go to all who received their ministry and consequently received them. With these instructions the Twelve were now sent out to proclaim the good news throughout Galilee that the kingdom was near." (Pentecost)
do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul - "What if they should even go so far as to kill the body, as they often did and will yet do, especially to the Jewish Saints in the great tribulation. (We mention again that all these words have a future meaning and fulfillment during that time of Jacob's trouble, after the removal of the church. The Jewish believers will know the comfort of these words, as Satins during this know them.") If they kill the body they cannot kill the soul and the killing of the body and faithful testimony given through martyrdom will enrich the Lord as well as the disciple. We may not be called upon to surrender thus our bodies, yet the principle of it is ours; fear nothing outward, nothing temporal, whatever it may be. 'But fear rather Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.' And He who is able to do that and will do it at the great white Throne to the unsaved, is God. He then is to be feared alone. Of course all this is not to be read as referring to the believer. He who has believed is passed from death unto life, he does not come into judgment. Once saved means always saved. We must, however, not overlook the fact that among the twelve there was one who was not saved. It was the first warning coming to Judas. He looked to outward things and was a thief." (Gaebelein)
Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell - "God, not Satan." (Ryrie)
"But there is One to fear. By some strange perversion there are those who say that Jesus here meant the devil. Satan has no power to fling soul and body into Gehenna, and we are never told from Genesis to Revelation to fear the devil. We are always told to fear God. Men may destroy the body, but there is One Who can take hold of the body and the spirit, and condemn them to the place of rubbish and ruin. Fear Him!" (Morgan)
a penny - "This small, copper coin is called, in the Greek of the verse, assarion. Its value was one sixteenth of a denarius, the basic unit in the Roman coinage. One denarius was the day's wage of the rural worker." (Ryrie)
And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father - "Without His knowledge." (Ryrie)
everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven - "In their ministry they were under the care of their Father, who knew their every need. Because of their inestimable worth to Him, they were assured of his protection (vv. 29-31). Christ gave these men a promise: 'Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heave' (v. 32). These men were sent out as His representatives to proclaim His message. They were identifying themselves with His person and word. Their obedience to Him was a sign of faith that assured them they would be accepted by the Father. On the other hand, those who disowned Him, as the Pharisees were intent on doing, would be disowned before the Father by the very One whom they disowned (Matt 10:33)." (Pentecost)
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. - "However we learn that the words He speaks here, foretelling the history of this age, are blessed evidences of His divinity. This age is not the age of the world wide peace. 'Peace on Earth' is not yet reached in the divine program for the earth. The nations may boast of peace among themselves at this time, but it will not last very long and soon the rider upon the red horse will gallop over the earth (Rev 6). Peace like a river will surely flow after the King has come and all swords have become plowshares. The Lord hasten the day." (Gaebelein)
"Since Christ was the Prince of Peace and had come to speak peace to the nation, the question might be raised as to why the religious authorities did not accept Him. Christ explained this in the words that follow. He said He had not come to bring peace but a sword. He had come to bring about division. He would separate those who were bound to each other by the strongest of natural ties (Matt 10:35). It is Jesus Christ Himself who divides. People are divided by their attitude toward Him. Christ was using a Jewish idiom when He referred to loving father or mother (Matt 10:37). To love involved more than emotions. It involved subjection and obedience. Christ was demanding the unquestioned submission and obedience of those who would be accepted into His Kingdom. One who puts loved ones before Christ and submits to them instead of submitting to Christ is not worthy of Christ or to be in His kingdom." (Pentecost)
whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me - "This reference to a cross needed no explanation, for the Jews had seen thousands of their countrymen crucified by the Romans. Allegiance even to death is demanded of Christ's followers." (Ryrie)
"Christ demanded that His followers take up their 'cross and follow me' (Matt 10:38). The cross in the life of Christ was what the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was to Adam in the garden. An individual's cross is the revealed will of God for him. At this juncture God's will was that people should receive Christ's words and believe His person. Such was the test to determine whether one was acceptable or unacceptable to God." (Pentecost)
one who receives a prophet...one who receives a righteous person - "One who received a righteous person and counted that one to be righteous would receive the same reward that the righteous person received from God. Christ was saying that when the Twelve preached in a community, there would be those who counted them as God's prophets and as righteous. Such persons would accept the message as from God and turn in faith to the One whom they were introducing, and those persons would be rewarded in the kingdom. Nothing done in God's name is ever forgotten by God (Matt 10:42). Whatever the hearers of the Twelve did in Christ's name would be a basis for reward. Thus rewards would go to all who received their ministry and consequently received them. With these instructions the Twelve were now sent out to proclaim the good news throughout Galilee that the kingdom was near." (Pentecost)
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