Luke 9:4

4 Whatever house you enter, remain there until you leave that place.

Luke 9:4 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:4

And whatsoever house ye enter into
In any town, or city, they should come to in their journey through Judea, and should enter into for the sake of lodging, during their stay:

there abide;
do not shift quarters, or move from house to house:

and thence depart;
the house you come into first, go out of last, when ye leave the town or city. The Vulgate Latin and Persic versions read, and thence do not depart: and so Beza says it is read in a certain copy, but then the sense is the same, as the Ethiopic version renders it, "do not go out from thence, until ye depart"; that is, do not leave the house, till you depart out of the town or city; agreeably to which is the Arabic version, "remain in it until the time of your going out"; (See Gill on Matthew 10:11).

Luke 9:4 In-Context

2 He sent them out to proclaim God's kingdom and to heal the sick.

3 He told them, "Take nothing for the journey—no walking stick, no bag, no bread, no money, not even an extra shirt.

4 Whatever house you enter, remain there until you leave that place.

5 Wherever they don't welcome you, as you leave that city, shake the dust off your feet as a witness against them."

6 They departed and went through the villages proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.