Luke 9:4

4 When you enter a house, stay there until it is time to leave.

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 the apostles out to tell about God's kingdom and to heal the sick.

3 He said to them, "Take nothing for your trip, neither a walking stick, bag, bread, money, or extra clothes.

4 When you enter a house, stay there until it is time to leave.

5 If people do not welcome you, shake the dust off of your feetn as you leave the town, as a warning to them."

6 So the apostles went out and traveled through all the towns, preaching the Good News and healing people everywhere.