Luke 9:50

50 Yeshua said to him, "Don't stop such people, because whoever isn't against you is for you."

Luke 9:50 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:50

And Jesus said unto him, forbid him not
"Or forbid not" him, or any other so doing:

for he that is not against us, is for us:
in two exemplars of Beza's it is read, "for he is not against you": the Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions, instead of "us", in both clauses read "you", and so likewise the Persic and Ethiopic versions; (See Gill on Mark 9:39), (See Gill on Mark 9:40).

Luke 9:50 In-Context

48 and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the One who sent me. In other words, the one who is least among you all -- this is the one who is great."
49 Yochanan responded, "Rabbi, we saw someone expelling demons in your name; and we stopped him because he doesn't follow you along with us."
50 Yeshua said to him, "Don't stop such people, because whoever isn't against you is for you."
51 As the time approached for him to be taken up into heaven, he made his decision to set out for Yerushalayim.
52 He sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village in Shomron to make preparations for him.
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