Luke 22:35. And he said unto them. ‘Not without reason have I spoken of what is so momentous (Luke 22:31-34); for now, when I am no longer with you, your situation will be quite otherwise than before; there now comes for you a time of care for yourselves and of conflict' (Meyer).

When I sent you forth, etc. See chap. Luke 9:1-6; Luke 10:4; Matthew 10:9. Parting friends are wont to dwell on the pleasures of the past; so our Lord points them to the time of their first preaching in Galilee, when the least care was superfluous. It would be different now.

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