Luke 10:3

3 `Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of 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 And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,

2 then said he unto them, `The harvest indeed [is] abundant, but the workmen few; beseech ye then the Lord of the harvest, that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.

3 `Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;

4 carry no bag, no scrip, nor sandals; and salute no one on the way;

5 and into whatever house ye do enter, first say, Peace to this house;