Luke 10:3

3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

Luke 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 10:3

Go your ways
Into all the villages, towns, cities, and places, where he directed them to go, to make ready for him.

Behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves;
as harmless, innocent, profitable, and defenceless creatures, among spiteful, malicious, cunning, and cruel men; (See Gill on Matthew 10:16).

Luke 10:3 In-Context

1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.

2 And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.

3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

4 Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.

5 Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’